Monday, February 29, 2016

Neandertals and Modern Humans Had Longer Period of "Intimate" Contact

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New research suggests that the earliest time that Neandertals and moderns humans got jiggy with it was around 100,000 years ago.  This is a ...
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Sunday, February 28, 2016

Idaho Bible Reference Bill Amended to Omit Science

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ID Education News is reporting that a bill that had been drafted that would permit the use of the Bible as a reference for various school su...
Thursday, February 25, 2016

Human/Gorilla Split at Eight MYA?

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Scientific American is running an article, which details work by Gen Suwa and colleagues, in the Afar Triangle, where nine gorilla-sized tee...

Update: Mississippi Bill Dies in Committee

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NCSE is reporting that HB 50, the Mississippi “Academic Freedom” bill proposed by Mark Formby has died in committee . Mississippi's Ho...
Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Discovery Institute Weighs in on the Mississippi Academic Freedom Bill

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On the website Evolution News and Views, Sarah Chaffee of the Discovery Institute attempts to distance the position of the DI from that of y...
Friday, February 19, 2016

Ken Ham and the Church of Darwin

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Ken Ham was the subject of an article on Christian News Service, which began the piece with the astounding claim that Ham is "a biologi...
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Monday, February 15, 2016

40,000 Year-Old Bracelet Found at Denisova Cave

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A bracelet has been discovered at the site of Denisova Cave that excavators have dated to c. 40,000 years BP.  Archaeology Hub has the story...
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Wednesday, February 10, 2016

The Importance of Schöningen to the Story of Human Evolution in Europe

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A lake site in northern Germany, near Schöningen, has lifted much of the veil of how advanced Homo heidelbergensis was during the later Low...
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Monday, February 08, 2016

Human Evolution in Two Minutes

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I missed this when it came out.  The Indian Express has a link to a video done By Yale University Press by John Gurche, the same artist who ...
Sunday, February 07, 2016

Here's Irony For Ya...

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A study has found that residents of South Africa, historically the hotbed of human evolutionary studies, have a poorer understanding of hum...
Friday, February 05, 2016

Indigenous Arabs Direct Descendents of Modern Human Wave From Africa?

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PhysOrg is running a story about research coming out of Weill Cornell Medicine and Qatar.  Abigail Fagan writes: The investigation, publi...
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Sorry for the light posting

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I have been in poor health for the last month or so and have not been able to post much.  Sorry for the absence.

Mural Depicts Plant Evolution

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The Amherst Bulletin has a story on a unique mural that adorns the botanical museum at Smith College, in Northhampton, Massachusetts.  Mick...
Wednesday, January 27, 2016

A Huge Win For Ken Ham

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Ken Ham has, apparently, won the ongoing battle involving hiring practices for the Ark Encounter.  Religion News Service reports : U.S. D...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

A Plea For the Importance of East Asia in Human Origins

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In response to the discovery of new archaeological evidence from the island of Sulawesi, the Conversation makes a plea for the role of Eas...
Thursday, January 14, 2016

Off-Topic: The Scapegoating of Larycia Hawkins and Another Evangelical Becomes Disillusioned

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I have not been following the Larycia Hawkins Wheaton College controversy as well as I should.  I know that Wheaton is terminating her contr...
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Tuesday, January 05, 2016

Another Example of Why There Should Be Science Tests For People Serving on Education Committees

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This story made the rounds last week and the commentary I found was on Patheos.  Evidently, the Arizona Senate has selected Sylvia Allen to...
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Sunday, January 03, 2016

Brad Kramer Profiled on Slate

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Brad Kramer, the content manager for BioLogos has been profiled on Slate.  In an article titled How an Evangelical Creationist Accepted Evol...
Tuesday, December 29, 2015

Am I a Theistic Evolutionist?

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I am reading Long March of the Koalas and the author, Fred Clark, makes some interesting points about the term “Theistic Evolutionist.” He...
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Friday, December 25, 2015

A Few Other Things I Picked Up

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I also snagged these on Amazon.  It may take a bit to get through them but they look interesting. The first one is written by folks fr...
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