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Human evolution Intelligent Design

Huge sandstone camel sculptures in Saudi Arabia are much older than thought

At 7,000–8,000 years old, they predate the domestication of camels (so far as we know). Ancient people get smarter every time we run into them.

Posted on September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Author News Comments(7)
Creationism Intelligent Design Racism

Weaponizing the term “creationism” in debates on racism

That includes, for example, dragging it into debates over repatriation of the remains of Indigenous peoples.

Posted on September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Author News Comments(6)
Human evolution Intelligent Design

Early humans at Gobekli Tepe did not live on meat, as earlier supposed

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.

Posted on June 23, 2021June 23, 2021 Author News Comments(4)
Human evolution Intelligent Design Mind

Huge structures found from 7000 years ago in Arabia

Over a thousand of them. How does it compare with Gobekli Tepe? Well, that was ten thousand years ago. The past gets thicker all the time as the dumb caveman recedes …

Posted on May 5, 2021May 5, 2021 Author News Comments(5)
Human evolution Intelligent Design

At the Smithsonian: “Humans in the Americas” story is always evolving

One problem is that some points of view are understood to arise from a philosophical position but others are thought to be “just science” when they also arise from a philosophical point of view.

Posted on December 18, 2019December 18, 2019 Author News Comments(2)
Human evolution Intelligent Design Religion

Çatalhöyük, a window on life 9,500 years ago

At her blog, Oscillations, Suzan Mazur reflects on what we have learned to date (it is only 5% excavated). One of the issues is whether there was any religion at Çatalhöyük: Suzan Mazur: I’m asking this because Templeton has come under fire for putting its fingers all over science from the investigation of the origin Read More…

Posted on October 9, 2018 Author News Comment(1)

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