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Were Australopithecines Violent? Should Humans Not Be?

March 12, 2007

One wonders how a scientist could infer behavior from skeletal dimensions, but David Carrier (U of Utah) believes he can visualize that evolutionary ancestors of humans were good fighters. A report on EurekAlert begins, “Ape-like human ancestors known as australopiths maintained short legs for 2 million years because a squat physique and stance helped the […]

Cosmology

Deconstructing Darwinese: Delighting in Ignorance

March 8, 2007

When is ignorance a good thing? When is confidence in one’s answers a bad thing? One science writer expressed his desire for mystery over explanation – as long as the mysterious allowed room for lucky breaks without design. Science writer Ben Shaberman got to share his views on the last page of the […]

Education

The Evolution of School Boards

February 27, 2007

A press release from Michigan State University encourages scientists to run for school boards on a pro-evolution platform. Alarmed that 40% of students are doubting evolution, Jon Miller encourages his fellow evolutionists to get involved in improving “science literacy.” He sees this as a necessary counter to “other special interest groups, often conservative or religiously […]

Fossils

Fossil Fish Meat Pushes Idea of Early Complexity

February 12, 2007

An article in National Geographic News today has a title to catch the eye (or nose) of seafood lovers: “Fossil Meat Found in 380-Million-Year-Old Fish.” Knowing how quickly fish spoils if left out, this might strike a reader as surprising. Sure enough, fossilized muscle, with “bundles of muscle cells, blood vessels, and nerve cells” clearly […]

Early Man

Turkana Boy Causes Museum Ruckus

February 7, 2007

Christians want the boy arrested and locked up. Scientists want to put him on stage. The stage is Kenya’s National Museum, and the boy is Turkana boy, a fossil classified by evolutionists as Homo erectus and claimed to be 1.6 million years old. CNN reported that the museum is showcasing the fossil, the most complete […]

Bible and Theology

Evolutionist Lost Faith Over Flawed Geology Lesson

January 12, 2007

A college student’s Biblical faith could not survive a geology lesson that seemed to offer convincing proof that the earth was older than Genesis indicated.

Education

Evolutionists Fret Over Persistent Creationism

January 11, 2007

Fretting and fuming over the persistence of creationism (and belief in God, which usually accompanies it), evolutionists are trying to come up with ways to combat it. This presupposes that they are not listening to the arguments of the creationists. Ambassadors for Darwin: In an editorial in Science Jan. 12, editor Alan Leshner encouraged scientists […]

Education

Is Legal Hammerlocking the Way to Win a Scientific Controversy?

January 6, 2007

The cartoon stereotype of a scientist as an unbiased truth-seeking nerd wearing a white lab coat is hard to reconcile with some recent events. Not that the cartoon stereotype was ever realistic, but the row over Darwinism vs Intelligent Design (ID) shows just how biased and unethical certain people and organizations can behave in support […]

Cell Biology

Are Cellular Motors Related by Evolution?

January 5, 2007

Just because two things go round and round, does that make them related by common ancestry? A Japanese team thinks so. A bacterial flagellum rotates (06/04/2002). So does ATP synthase, though it is about 10 times smaller (04/30/2004). Publishing in PNAS,1 these researchers looked for a relationship, and noted that these two motors bear some […]

Amazing Facts

Human Endurance: Is It Evolutionary?

January 2, 2007

Some people are gluttons for punishment. Many a couch potato is probably content to watch an Ironman or Ultramarathon on HDTV from a recliner, but the ones who take part in the grueling endurance contests gaining popularity illustrate some human capabilities scientists are only beginning to understand. Nature1 described one called the Primal Quest adventure […]

Politics and Ethics

Evolutionary Ethics Teeters on Brave New World

November 29, 2006

What happens when science pursues whatever it can do, unfettered by moral standards? Three recent news stories should cause all futurists to ponder the ramifications: A BBC News story this month asked, “UK scientists are seeking permission to place human nuclei into animal eggs in a bid to create stem cell lines. Why do researchers […]

Uncategorized

Quote: Chuck Norris Joke

October 23, 2006

Alleged Chuck Norris Fact: “There is no theory of evolution. Just a list of creatures Chuck Norris has allowed to live.” What does Chuck Norris himself think of this? It’s funny. It’s cute. But here’s what I really think about the theory of evolution: It’s not real. It is not the way we got here. […]

Cell Biology

Science Potpourri

October 13, 2006

Interesting articles from recent issues of Science have piled up in the queue. These might have made separate entries in CEH if time and space were unlimited. Deep Impact: The team of the Deep Impact mission to a comet published spectral results in the July 13 issue. “Emission signatures due to amorphous and crystalline silicates, […]

Astronomy

Nature Potpourri

October 11, 2006

Articles of interest from Nature have been piling up in the CEH queues. Perhaps a brief mention is better than nothing, before they fall into archive oblivion. Carbon 14: In the Sept 14 issue, there was a give & take between critics of a carbon-14-dated study and the author. The critics pointed out, “We appreciate […]

Dumb Ideas

Early Hunters Evolved Into Marathoners

October 11, 2006

Why are humans so good at endurance running? According to Dan Lieberman of Harvard, “our body shape evolved to allow our ancestors to run long distances, and reach animal carcasses before other scavengers.” He figured that “chasing animals until they collapse from exhaustion yields more meat per hunt than hunting with spears or a bow […]

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