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Denyse O'Leary
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June 26, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, speciation
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From the Smithsonian Magazine on newly unearthed Dragon Man (homo longi)

Denyse O'Leary
June 26, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, speciation
Much of the text is the usual interminable ingroup squabble among Darwinians about “human speciation” but we do learn things of interest: "The Dragon Man appears to be a 50-something male who was likely a very large and powerful individual. The authors suggest his small hunter-gatherer community settled on a forested floodplain in a Middle Pleistocene environment that could be harsh and quite cold. " Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 23, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Early humans at Gobekli Tepe did not live on meat, as earlier supposed

Denyse O'Leary
June 23, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
So you still don’t believe that starch is responsible for human brain evolution? Well, there is always sugar. No, wait… also popcorn. To evolve smartness, try popcorn, candy floss, and marshmallows. People had to be smart to invent popcorn, candy floss, and marshmallows. Let’s get in while we can. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 20, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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Child burial from 80,000 years ago shows the existence of abstract ideas

Denyse O'Leary
June 20, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
Perhaps the snail shell with the excisions gave an identity to “Mtoto” — a message to another world, perhaps, about who the child was. As more burials are found, we will start to get more answers. For example, if a number of such graves feature shells or similar objects with excisions, we can infer a symbolic intention. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 19, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Racism
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At MercatorNet: Hybridizing humans and apes

Denyse O'Leary
June 19, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Racism
Sutherland: This crazy talk became crazier still when [Howell S.] England predicted that types of monkeys would be bred with particular human races: orangutans with “humans from the yellow race, gorillas from the black race, chimpanzees from the white race” and gibbons with Jews. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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June 18, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Gunter Bechly vs. Joshua Swamidass at Justin Brierley’s Unbelievable show

Denyse O'Leary
June 18, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Dr Gunter Bechly is a palaeontologist who became convinced that Darwinian evolution cannot explain the fossil record. He debates Intelligent Design with computational biologist Dr Joshua Swamidass who affirms an evolutionary account. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 24, 2021
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'Junk DNA', Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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At Evolution News: “Junk DNA” needed for limb formation

Denyse O'Leary
May 24, 2021
'Junk DNA', Human evolution, Intelligent Design
At Nature: “A new study in Nature underscores just how important noncoding DNA can be for human development. The authors show that deletions in a noncoding region of DNA on chromosome 2 cause severe congenital limb abnormalities. This is the first time a human disease has been definitively linked to mutations in noncoding DNA, says lead author Stefan Mundlos, head of the development and disease research group at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics in Berlin, Germany.” Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 15, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
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Homo erectus had language, says cognitive scientist

Denyse O'Leary
May 15, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
Everett certainly has a point. It is hard to imagine organizing the construction, launch, and navigation of such craft without language. How would an erectus get co-operation without explaining the idea? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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May 1, 2021
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Human evolution, stasis
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Oldest continuous human habitation pegged at Wonderwerk, 1.8 million years ago

Denyse O'Leary
May 1, 2021
Human evolution, stasis
ScienceAlert: "the new findings are now thought to be the earliest sign of continuous prehistoric human living inside a cave – with the use of fire and tools in one fixed location indoors." Funny how our ancestors get smarter every time we look at them. Read More ›