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Denyse O'Leary
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November 1, 2019
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More Neanderthal eagle jewelry found in the Iberian Peninsula

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November 1, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Most likely the underlying issue for the dissenters is that the anthropologists are Darwinians and in any Darwinian scheme, someone must be the subhuman. Otherwise, there is no beginning to human history. The Neanderthals are convenient for the purpose. If we found a Stone Age laptop among the Neanderthal artifacts, the same people might still be claiming it didn’t prove anything. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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November 1, 2019
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Darwinism
Human evolution
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Mind
Naturalism
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The “rise of the greedy-brained ape”?

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November 1, 2019
Darwinism, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind, Naturalism
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It’s helpful to be reminded that the science cognoscenti see the rest of us that way. They may see themselves that way, though vanity more likely gets in the way at the last, critical moment. No wonder so many people these days are “anti-science.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 14, 2019
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Intelligent Design
Mind
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Our enterprising ancestors’ version of canned soup, 400 kya

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October 14, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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"We show for the first time in our study that 420,000 to 200,000 years ago, prehistoric humans at Qesem Cave were sophisticated enough, intelligent enough and talented enough to know that it was possible to preserve particular bones of animals under specific conditions, and, when necessary, remove the skin, crack the bone and eat the bone marrow," Prof. Gopher explains Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 4, 2019
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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Projectiles found at 20 kya earlier than thought. An advantage for modern humans vs Neanderthals?

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October 4, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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The thesis that modern humans had a competitive advantage in projectiles might be a bit hasty. One is reminded of the claim that modern humans could do art and Neanderthals couldn’t, and then we found Neanderthal art. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2019
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
language
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Language is much more complex than once thought

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October 3, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
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Researcher: Our brains process language with astonishing speed and 'immediacy', in a dynamic network of interacting brain areas. All the relevant information becomes available immediately, as we start combining the meanings of individual words, unifying the different sources of information. To speed up this process, our brain actively predicts what is coming next (for instance, we might expect 'newspaper' to follow 'the editor of the ...'). Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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October 3, 2019
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design
Mathematics
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Researchers: The Golden Ratio is found in human skulls but not other animal skulls

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October 3, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mathematics
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Researchers: "The other mammals we surveyed actually have unique ratios that approach the Golden Ratio with increased species sophistication," says Rafael Tamargo, M.D., professor of neurosurgery at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine. "We believe that this finding may have important anthropological and evolutionary implications." Read More ›