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Human evolution

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Denyse O'Leary
Date
June 8, 2019
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Human evolution
Intelligent Design

Yet another thing that made us human: Dancing

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June 8, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Birds generally dance in courtship. Only humans dance in order to express personal ideas. Lamothe’s observations are on target but we are left with the question: “Who told you you had ideas?” Strange, how much scholarship needs to deny the obvious difference between humans and animals. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 6, 2019
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Researchers: Declining Neanderthal fertility caused extinction, not violence

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June 6, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Demographic decline is insidious because its pace appears slow in human terms (generations) but eventually, a freefall can occur. For example, young Neanderthals would eventually find themselves joining other groups because there aren’t enough other Neanderthals around. And the rest is… 23 and me. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 6, 2019
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Knuckle study might shed light on whether ancient humans walked or swung from trees

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June 6, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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They might be onto something. After all, they are looking at a restricted type of evidence that may be abundant enough to enable a reasonable decision about some fossils. A far cry from the hype we so often hear. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 6, 2019
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Researchers: Chimps eating shellfish help explain human evolution

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June 6, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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If a minor note about chimpanzee behavior needs to be inflated into a claim about human evolution, that’s most likely because not much is known about human evolution and what is known does not fit the grand narrative. Talk about a fishing expedition! Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
May 28, 2019
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Genetics
Human evolution
Intelligent Design
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The new “unique human genes” findings contradict previous research

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May 28, 2019
Genetics, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: The finding contradicts earlier research, which stated that almost all of human and fruit fly TFs bind the same motif sequences, and is a call for caution to scientists hoping to draw insights about human TFs by only studying their counterparts in simpler organisms. Read More ›