Friday, March 09, 2018

Daniel Everett: Homo erectus Could Speak and Make Boats

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Bentley University Global Studies professor Daniel Everett argues that Homo erectus could speak and had the ability to make ocean-going vess...
Thursday, March 08, 2018

A Mistake Rectified

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I have been extraordinarily busy the last few weeks and had hoped to post about this at the time.  Ken Ham was invited to speak at the Unive...
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Thursday, February 15, 2018

Ted Davis Waxes Theological, Todd Wood Responds

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Ted Davis, like the rest of us, is tired of how the origins debate is playing out between mainstream and non-mainstream science.  He has gre...
Monday, February 12, 2018

New BioLogos Post on the Misliya Modern Human Fossil

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There is a new BioLogos post on the Israeli Misliya partial face and teeth fossil.  Comments welcome there and here.
Friday, February 02, 2018

Jesuit Review: Creationism Isn't About Science, it’s about theology (and it’s really bad theology).

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Eric Sundrup has an editorial in the Jesuit Review about what is wrong with young earth creationism.  He has some very good observations :...

Indian Site of Attirampakkam Pushes Middle Palaeolithic of India Back to 385 Kya

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Great Googlymoogly!  Fresh on the heels of the discovery of the Misliya site (upcoming BioLogos post) that the Middle Palaeolithic Levalloi...
Friday, January 26, 2018

Just When You Had Forgotten About Adnan Oktar...

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Adnan Oktar, otherwise known as Harun Yahya is back in the news.  The Hurriyet Daily News recounts the lurid tale: An Istanbul court has ...
Thursday, January 25, 2018

Meanwhile, Over in Scotland...

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Scotland seems to be having its own experiences with young earth creationism.  From Paul Hutcheon of the Sunday Herald : A MEDICAL doctor ...
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Monday, January 22, 2018

Meanwhile, Over in India...

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There has been swift reaction to the statement of India's Union human resource development minister Satyapal Singh’s remarks that evolut...
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Thursday, January 11, 2018

"They Are Digging in the Wrong Place"

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Bodie Hodge has a post on the AiG website that is nothing short of astounding.  AiG is, once again, moving the goalposts .  And who is Bodi...
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Tuesday, January 09, 2018

New Ancestral Native American Population Discovered: The YEC Interpretation

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On the heels of the discovery of the new ancestral Native American DNA, several young earth creationists have claimed that the discovery sup...
Friday, January 05, 2018

New Ancestral Native American Population Discovered

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Science Alerts is running a story about genetic research done to reveal ancestral populations.  Peter Dockrill writes : Sunrise girl-child...
Tuesday, January 02, 2018

Ken Ham's Comments on SES National Conference on Christian Apologetics Called "Unhelpful"

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Ken Ham attacking other Christians?  Gee, who knew?  An article that is running in the Christian Post recounts an exchange between Ham and ...
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Monday, January 01, 2018

A New Darwin Biography Gets Fisked

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Jerry Coyne, a somewhat outspoken atheist and author of the book Why Evolution is True, has written a review of a new book on Darwin titled...
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Thursday, December 28, 2017

Has Noah's Ark Been Found?

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Short answer: no.  But a story in Web Top News would have you believing otherwise.  More than 100 researchers from around the world recen...
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Friday, December 22, 2017

Newsweek Dabbles in Young Earth Creationism

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Kastalia Medrano, of Newsweek, has written a post describing the discovery of a fossilized Antarctic Forest.  The piece starts off innocuous...
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Saturday, December 16, 2017

Modern Humans Came Out of Africa Earlier Than Thought and Did So Multiple Times

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If you have been studying human evolution, this story is not new.We have suspected for some time that humans migrated out of Africa in waves...
Friday, December 15, 2017

Penguin From Hell

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Okay, probably not nearly on the level of the Frog From Hell or the Snake From Hell , but coming into contact with a six-foot penguin would...
Friday, November 24, 2017

New Jebel Irhoud Date Causes Rethink of Chinese Dali Skull

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Newsweek (Yes, that Newsweek) has a story on the reexamination of the Chinese Dali cranium, in light of the revised dates for the Jebel Irho...
Thursday, November 23, 2017

Flat Earth Convention in North Carolina

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Nuts, I wish I could have gone to this. Stephanie Pappas, at Live Science writes : A conference aimed at disputing the idea that the worl...