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Neanderthal-Heidelberg Distinction Blurs

June 14, 2012

"Heidelberg Man" has been a modern name imposed on certain fossil humans that have been unable to speak for themselves. Now, their bones appear to overlap with Neanderthals. But don't modern humans have Neanderthal DNA? Do the distinctions make any sense?

Bible and Theology

South Korea "Creationism" Means War

June 11, 2012

Give just one side of a controversy the press, and you will get a one-sided presentation of the issues. That happened this week in the journal Nature.

Bible and Theology

Myth Busters: Flubs in Evolutionary Anthropology

June 10, 2012

Evolutionary psychologists and anthropologists have trouble explaining living humans, let alone past ones.

Birds

"Darwin Fail" Entries Add Up

June 8, 2012

If nothing makes sense except in the light of evolution, the light sometimes is shining away from Darwin.

Birds

Tales Rescue Evolution from Unexpected Data

June 4, 2012

Observations don't always fit what evolutionists expect. Darwin's theory always wins anyway.

Darwin and Evolution

Monkey Raspberries Created Speech

June 2, 2012

What was this evolutionist thinking when he proposed that human language evolved out of the lip smacking and buzzing sounds made by monkeys?

Bible and Theology

Darwinian Indoctrination Still Not Working for Most Americans

June 1, 2012

Almost half the American public still believes God created man recently, despite decades of indoctrination by education and the media.

Amazing Facts

The Wonder and Blunder in Your Skull

May 29, 2012

Even when it goes awry, the brain wins an award of cosmic proportions, according to a veteran psychiatrist.

Darwin and Evolution

Fine Art and Music Emerges Earlier Still

May 25, 2012

With the "best came first" art of Chauvet cave fresh on our minds, another discovery shows exquisite art and music existed even further back than evolutionists expected.

Darwin and Evolution

Written in Ink: No Evolution

May 21, 2012

An ink sac from a fossilized Jurassic cephalopod said to be 160 million years old looks identical to those from living cuttlefish.

Mind and Brain

Improbable Ape Speaks Randomly

May 15, 2012

It's not uncharitable to call someone an ape when he calls himself that.

Bible and Theology

Evolutionists Need to Mind Their Matters

May 12, 2012

To a Darwinian evolutionist, the mind is the product of unguided mutations and random environmental pressures acting on material forces. This raises questions about the mind and morals: do they have any validity? Evolutionists need to "mind" their matter. The following examples show how they try to justify these non-material entities arising from matter in motion.

Darwin and Evolution

Lamarckism: Dead but Useful

May 11, 2012

Lamarck's theory of evolution was supposed to have died in 1859 when Darwin published his theory of natural selection. Despite textbook depictions of Lamarckism as obsolete, Lamarckian language still surfaces from time to time, even in prestigious journals.

Dating Methods

Best Cave Art Is Still the Oldest

May 9, 2012

A new research study confirms that the exquisite cave art at Chauvet Cave is the oldest.

Darwin and Evolution

Coelacanth: Survival of the Dullest

May 5, 2012

A new fossil species of coelacanth was discovered in Canada. Scientists think from its tail fin shape that it was a fast swimmer–perhaps a hunter. Sadly, it was a "spectacular failure" in evolution. The luck of the evolutionary draw went to today's slow-moving, docile species.

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