Human evolution
More on how few Black people choose evolutionary biology…
Coppedge: Arabian artifacts undermine current human evolution model
Researchers find Philippine group to have highest known Denisovan ancestry
A design inference with respect to Neanderthal art
Researchers now believe skull found in 1933 belongs to “our closest relative” “species”
Researchers: Neanderthals were painting in a cave 65,000 years ago
At Mind Matters News: New find pushes symbolic thinking further back in human history
Your chances of living to be over 100
From Bartlett Publishing, New Book: Apes as ancestors
Haeckel’s biased, manipulative, dishonest drawings
It is strange that Haeckel has come up again, so let us first understand just how manipulative and dishonest he was in his books that popularised Evolutionism in Germany and elsewhere. As a start, here is his infamous drawing of heads of men and other primates: This was a time when photography was not ubiquitous, where trips to Zoos and Museums were relatively rare and so “heavy artillery” “facts” in drawings like this from respected scientists, scholars and publishers would have powerful impact. I just say, failed duty to truth, right reason, prudence [including warrant] and fairness. Likely, though, Haeckel did not see where this sort of racist propaganda would end, in the 1930’s and 40’s. It is in this Read More ›