Wednesday, May 31, 2017

Off-Topic Update: Read the Gender Studies Papers That Inspired the ‘Penis Causes Climate Change’ Hoax

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The Washington Free Beacon has a story on the background behind the recent gender studies hoax on which I reported here .  Elizabeth Harrin...

New BioLogos Post: What Homo Naledi Means for the Study of Human Evolution

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I have a new post up on the significance of the Homo naledi dates and how they affect the study of human evolution.  Comments welcome ther...
Tuesday, May 30, 2017

New Post by Dennis Venema on Biological Information

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Dennis Venema has a new post on the testing of an hypothesis by supporters of ID: In previous posts in this series, we’ve explored the cl...
Thursday, May 25, 2017

3.3 Million Year Old Vertebral Column Confirms Human Pattern of Au. afarensis

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The science site PhysOrg has posted a story on a study of the 3.3 million year old fossil from the site of Dikika, in the Afar Triangle.  Th...
Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Ken Ham Needs to Stay Away From Twitter

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Like Donald Trump, Ken Ham sometimes shoots off at the mouth on his Twitter feed.  Hermant Mehta, of Patheos records his latest post : ...
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Was the LCA in Europe????

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Was the last common ancestor of apes and humans in Europe?  That seems to be the gist of a study published in the PLoS One.  Nicole Mortilla...
Tuesday, May 23, 2017

Gallup: Belief in Creationism At All-Time Low

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Color me skeptical, but the Gallup organization has released its latest poll on the acceptance of creationism and the numbers are down.  Ar...
Monday, May 22, 2017

Bryan College Gives Ken Ham Honorary Doctorate in Science

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In what one of my friends calls “perhaps the most perfectly ironic thing to have ever happened,” Bryan College has bestowed upon Ken Ham an...
Sunday, May 21, 2017

Off-Topic: The Troubling State of Social Science

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Skeptic Magazine is reporting on a hilarious (in some ways) hoax that was perpetrated on the world of gender studies.  Two authors, Peter Bo...
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Wednesday, May 17, 2017

Matt Young Not Happy With Treatment of Andrew Snelling

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Neither am I.  It seems that Andrew Snelling, a young earth creationist, wanted to do a geological study of rocks in the Grand Canyon and so...
Friday, May 12, 2017

New Post on Homo naledi From Darrel Falk and Deb Haarsma

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Darrel Falk and Deb Haarsma have teamed up on a new post about the peculiar South African hominin, Homo naledi , a find on which I reported...
Wednesday, May 10, 2017

Australopithecus sediba Voted Off the Island

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This does not surprise me.  Science Magazine has a short story which suggests strongly that the characteristics in Au. sediba render it uns...
Tuesday, May 09, 2017

A Conversation with Scot McKnight

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Scot McKnight, a New Testament professor at Northern Seminary in Lombard, Illinois, and co-author of Adam and the Genome , with Dennis Venem...
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Surprising New Information About Homo naledi

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The Atlantic (and other outlets) has a story on new information on the date of the Homo naledi fossils from Rising Star Cave and it is...su...
Monday, May 08, 2017

Texas...Again!

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This is a follow-up post to another one on March 21.  Hot on the heels of the Texas State Board of Education striking language in the state ...
Tuesday, May 02, 2017

Motherboard: Florida Bills Would Let Citizens Remove Textbooks That Mention Climate Change and Evolution

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First, lets get past the hyperbolic headline.  A bill just passed in Florida is addressing parental concerns about curricular material.  It ...
Monday, May 01, 2017

Scientists Use Revolutionary Technological Advance to Locate Human DNA

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The Telegraph (and other outlets) are reporting on an incredible breakthrough that allows the recovery of human DNA from sediment where no ...
Wednesday, April 26, 2017

Meanwhile, over in...Azerbaijan?

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Apparently, Azerbaijan is experiencing some controversy regarding the age of the earth.  Durna Safarova of Eurasianet.org writes: “And it...
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Sunday, April 23, 2017

Julie Chang: State panel limits teaching phenomena that challenge evolution

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As Don McLeroy suggested, I hunted up Julie Chang's article covering the State Board of Education in Texas.  Here is what she writes: ...
Saturday, April 22, 2017

Is Homo floresiensis a Sister Species of Homo habilis?

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A short blurb in Science Magazine attempts to lay to rest one of the nagging questions in recent human evolution: where did the diminutive...
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