Thursday, October 19, 2017

Book Purchase: Adam's Quest

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I hate it when books come out that escape my attention.  Such is the case with a book titled Adam's Quest , by Tim Stafford.  In it, Sta...
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Thursday, October 12, 2017

Uh Oh

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Answers in Genesis is expanding into Canada, according the its leader, Ken Ham.  Patheos reports the following : Answers in Genesis, the ...
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Wednesday, October 11, 2017

Taboo on Incest May Go Back at Least 34K Years

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ZME Science is reporting on a study done from the site of Sunghir, in Russia that preserves “complex social structures,” indicating that, e...
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

The Effect of Neandertal DNA on Modern Humans

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After the 2013 sequencing of the Neandertal DNA, Janet Kelso, of the Max Planck Institute undertook a study to see what genes present in Nea...
Friday, October 06, 2017

Creation Museum Having Positive Impact on Economy of Florence, KY

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Cincinnati.com is running a story about the impact that the Creation Museum is having on the economy of a nearby town, Florence, Kentucky.  ...
Thursday, October 05, 2017

NCSE Post Reflecting on Kitzmiller, Twelve Years Later, by Eugenie Scott

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NCSE has a guest post by Eugenie Scott, in which she remembers some of the points about Kitzmiller that might not have been public at the t...
Wednesday, October 04, 2017

Why Is Homo floresiensis Still Such a Mystery?

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Cosmos Magazine has an article by Debbie Argue, biological anthropologist from Australian National University, about Homo floresiensis and...
Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Genetic Model Identifies Paranthropus boisei as Vector For Transmission of Herpes Virus

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CNN (usual caveats) reports on a study that identifies Paranthropus boisei as the likely transmission vector of genital HSV-1.  From the st...
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...