Saturday, September 30, 2017

Did Humans Become a Distinct Species 350, 000 Years Ago?

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The hits just keep on coming.  On the heels of the discovery in Morocco, at Jebel Irhoud, of a skull with some modern characteristics dated ...
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Q&A With Lee Berger on Human Evolution

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The Sunday Times has an interview with Lee Berger about human evolution, in advance of his new book, co-written with John Hawks, Almost Hum...
Friday, September 29, 2017

Five Peculiar Fossils

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Colin Barras of The New Scientist has a very short, very peculiar article on five hominin fossils that have been used to define new species...
Thursday, September 28, 2017

Neandertal Child Gives Clues to How They Developed

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Gizmodo is running a story about the discovery and examination of a Neandertal child, from El Sidrón Cave, in Spain, who died under mysteri...
Wednesday, September 20, 2017

Forbes: Ark Encounter Local Tax Scandal Not Very Scandalous

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I bit back I reported on the sale, not once but twice, of the Ark Encounter for $10 that, to all appearances, looked like a tax dodge gone b...
Tuesday, September 19, 2017

New BioLogos Post on the Greek Footprints

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My article on the Trachilos footprints has gone up at BioLogos.  As always, comments welcome both places. 
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Monday, September 18, 2017

Greek Fossil Site Vandalized

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Someone has vandalized the site containing the 5.7 million year old footprints in Crete.  Australian News Limited reports : Some four to 1...
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Saturday, September 02, 2017

5.7 Million Year-Old Human Footprints Found on Greek Island of Crete

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Great Googlymoogly!  This one is lighting up all over the Internet.  Fossil footprints have been found in the southern Greek Island of Crete...

Will Moroccan Schools Teach Evolution Again

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Writing for the Morocco World News, Amal Ben Hadda wonders if the discovery of more early modern human remains from the site of Jebel Irhou...
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Friday, September 01, 2017

Meanwhile, Over in South Korea...

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The Korea Times is running a story about the controversy over creationism in South Korea.  Park Jae-hyuk writes : The deep-rooted dispute ...
Tuesday, August 22, 2017

More Bad News From Turkey

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It seems that, in Turkey, there will be no teaching of evolution any longer.  NPR reports: When children in Turkey head back to school thi...
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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

New DNA Analysis Allows for Greater Understanding of Modern Human Prehistory

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From Science Daily : A University of Utah-led team developed a new method for analyzing DNA sequence data to reconstruct the early history...
Tuesday, August 15, 2017

New 13 Million-Year-Old Miocene Ape Discovery in Kenya

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National Geographic (and other outlets) is reporting on a new skull discovered in northern Kenya, near Lake Turkana that is 13 million years...
Monday, August 14, 2017

Full Page Ad in Chattanooga Times Free Press: Livesay Resign!

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A number of alumni and former faculty of Bryan College took out a full-page ad in the Chattanooga Times Free Press calling on President Step...
Wednesday, August 02, 2017

Ken Ham Takes Potshot at Bill Nye on Climate Change

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Ken Ham...Bill Nye...a plague on both of your houses.  While Bill Nye is out trying to save the world, and Ken Ham is out trying to save the...
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Wednesday, July 26, 2017

Ken Ham Sells Ark Encounter Land Back To Himself

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And Hey Presto!  Just like that, it is back again.  The Lexington Herald Leader is reporting that the land on which the Ark Encounter sits, ...
Tuesday, July 25, 2017

The Continuing Downward Spiral of Bryan College

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As if things could not get any worse for Bryan College, news has now surfaced that a much beloved professor, Phillip Lestmann, a tenured pr...
Monday, July 24, 2017

Busted! Ken Ham's Ark Encounter Loses $18,000,000 in Tax Incentives From State of Kentucky

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WUKY and other outlets are reporting that the Kentucky Board of Tourism has suspended $18 million worth of tax incentives for which the Ark ...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

Ark Encounter Update: Did Ken Ham Just Escape $700,000 in Taxes?

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The International Business Times is reporting that Ken Ham has sold his for-profit Ark Encounter to its parent organization, Crosswater Cany...
Sunday, July 16, 2017

Ark Encounter: Profit or Non-Profit?

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The Panda's Thumb is reporting yet another kerfuffle involving the Ark Encounter, the Town of Williamstown, and finances. Matt Young wri...