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Denyse O'Leary
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April 11, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
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From Hugh Ross: Language involves biological fine-tuning for human exceptionalism

Denyse O'Leary
April 11, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
Ross: The human body is optimally designed for speech communication involving just a few people in a quiet setting. It also is optimally designed for what researchers call "cocktail party listening." Cocktail party listening refers to humans gathered in a crowded situation where many people are talking simultaneously in an environment where music and other background sounds interfere with speech recognition. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 8, 2021
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Evidence of recent Neanderthal ancestry at surprisingly late dates

Denyse O'Leary
April 8, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
At Nature: By measuring these segments, the researchers estimated that the Bacho Kiro individuals had Neanderthal ancestors as recently as the past six or seven generations — and probably in Europe, not the Middle East. “We saw these huge chunks. It was completely amazing,” says Hajdinjak, Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 4, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, theism
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Asked of Steve Meyer: If humans are so important to God, why did they take so long to develop?

Denyse O'Leary
April 4, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, theism
In the book, Meyer argues from three scientific discoveries to an inference to a personal God. If God is the creator, Keating wants to know, why was He so patient as to wait billions of years, during which not much that was very interesting happened, for the fulfillment of His purpose in initiating the universe to begin with? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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April 2, 2021
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Evolution, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: Contrary to a century-long assumption, we are more closely related to snails and flies than to starfish

Denyse O'Leary
April 2, 2021
Evolution, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
If things are really uncertain at such a fundamental level (protostomes vs. deuterostomes), evolutionary biology could do with a lot less dogmatism in addressing the public. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 10, 2021
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extinction, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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A psychologist weighs in on the Neanderthal extinction

Denyse O'Leary
March 10, 2021
extinction, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
Of course, it's all very interesting. That is why we listen. But a dozen different theories are called "science" only out of courtesy. And it’s not clear that Coolidge and Overmann’s thirteenth theory (if that’s the count) is any improvement. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 8, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
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This time, human evolution was shaped by a quest for tasty food

Denyse O'Leary
March 8, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Mind
The problem journalists always seem to leave hanging when writing about new theories of human evolution is, for example: If early humans weren’t smart already, they would not have learned how to control fire. If they weren’t aesthetically sensitive, they wouldn’t have noticed aesthetic differences in taste. Darwinist theories about the human mind seem to be one long parade of affirming the consequent. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 5, 2021
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Geology, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Did a magnetic field reversal doom the Neanderthals?

Denyse O'Leary
March 5, 2021
Geology, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
A theory this exotic is bound to be popular. Archaeologist and anthropologist Anna Goldfield assesses the evidence. She points out that Neanderthals generally didn’t live in the areas where they’d be most affected ... (more) Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 4, 2021
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Culture, Darwinism, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine
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US Prez accuses Texas and Mississippi governors of “Neanderthal thinking”

Denyse O'Leary
March 4, 2021
Culture, Darwinism, Human evolution, Intelligent Design, Medicine
How about New York governor Cuomo packing nursing homes with COVID patients, which resulted in thousands of deaths? Now that we have channelled Neanderthal man anyway, does he have an opinion on that? Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 3, 2021
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Culture, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Researchers: Early stone tool culture of Neanderthals and other humans lasted much longer than thought

Denyse O'Leary
March 3, 2021
Culture, Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Overlap between the two cultures for many thousands of years would make a lot of sense because the newer technologies may not have been self-evidently better. Many considerations of time, energy, and risk would need to be factored in. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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March 1, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
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Researchers: Neanderthals could speak like other humans

Denyse O'Leary
March 1, 2021
Human evolution, Intelligent Design, language
Researchers: “Most previous studies of Neandertal speech capacities focused on their ability to produce the main vowels in English spoken language. However, we feel this emphasis is misplaced, since the use of consonants is a way to include more information in the vocal signal and it also separates human speech and language from the communication patterns in nearly all other primates." Read More ›