Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Ben Carson Repudiates Young Earth Creationism

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A persistent meme among the media is that Ben Carson is a scientifically ignorant guy who thinks the earth was created six thousand years ag...
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Bill Nye at The University of Tennessee Tomorrow Night

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Bill Nye will be giving the inaugural Ken and Blaire Mossman Distinguished Lecture at 7 p.m. in Thompson-Boling Arena. Here is the blurb . ...
Thursday, October 15, 2015

Human Evolution = Apartheid?

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About seven years ago, a Texas county official by the name of John Wiley Price made unwanted national news when he referred to the astronomi...
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015

Elizabeth Mitchell, Homo naledi and the Straw Man

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Elizabeth Mitchell, of Answers in Genesis, has written the rebuttal to the eLife Science paper on the new hominin find from South Africa, H...
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Tuesday, October 13, 2015

The York Dispatch: The Losers Are Winning in Dover

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The York Dispatch has an editorial on the aftermath of the Dover trial and how it has affected the plaintiffs in the case.  In short: not w...
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Thursday, October 08, 2015

Or is Homo naledi Actually Homo erectus?

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California Magazine, from the University of California at Berzerkeley, has an article written by Glen Martin, in which he details the skept...
Wednesday, October 07, 2015

PZ Myers on Casey Luskin

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PZ Myers, over at Pharyngula, has some harsh words for Casey Luskin's examination of Homo naledi .  In the post, he points out somethin...
Tuesday, October 06, 2015

Casey Luskin on Homo naledi

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Casey Luskin has written a piece for Evolution, News and Views, in which he examines the hype surrounding the new Homo naledi find.  It wo...
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Tuesday, September 29, 2015

Debating Homo naledi on Premier Christian Radio

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I took part in a debate on Premier Christian Radio last Thursday with Fuz Rana, of Reasons to Believe, on the new Homo naledi find and the...
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Monday, September 21, 2015

BioLogos Post on Homo naledi is Up

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My question-and-answer post with Brad Kramer is up at BioLogos .  Comments welcome there and here.
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Sunday, September 20, 2015

Alabama Adopts Pro-Evolution Curriculum Stance

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The state of Alabama has adopted an educational stance that includes an active attempt to teach evolution, rather than a passive one.  The A...

Darrel Falk's Post on Homo naledi

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Darrel Falk has a short post on Homo naledi , in which he discusses the nature of the science and misconceptions that we have had with regar...
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Wednesday, September 16, 2015

Nova Special: Dawn of Humanity

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Nova will be airing a special tonight (9/16) on the Dawn of Humanity , focusing on the new Homo naledi finds from South Africa.  The video ...
Saturday, September 12, 2015

York Daily Record: Ten Years Since Kitzmiller

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The York Daily Record has an issue on the ten year anniversary of the Kitzmiller decision that devastated the intelligent design movement. ...
Thursday, September 10, 2015

Early Homo in South Africa

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The New York Times is reporting on a new find out of South Africa, by Lee Berger and his team, that indicates the presence of early Homo t...
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Friday, September 04, 2015

William Provine Has Died

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William Provine, a tireless crusader for evolutionary theory and opponent of creationism, has died .  He was 73.  Provine was a professed at...
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Tuesday, September 01, 2015

What Would Happen If the Discovery Institute Started Enabling Comments?

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Ann Gauger, writing for Evolution, News and Views, has a particularly vacuous post on What If People Stopped Believing in Darwin? For exam...
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Here's an Interesting Idea: Modern Humans Teamed with Dogs to Outlast Neandertals

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National Geographic is reporting on a study done by Pat Shipman for a new book titled The Invaders: How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neande...
Thursday, August 27, 2015

A YEC Icon of Faith is Invalidated

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Joshua Kritsch at Vocative reports on an article that has been written for the Journal Antiquity , called Death of a Pterodactyl.  Here is w...
Thursday, August 20, 2015

Modern Hand Digit at 1.84 Mya

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A story in Lab Equipment has spotlighted new evidence that modern human morphology was present in early hominins at 1.84 million years ago. ...