fatherhood – Uncommon Descent

Evolutionary psychology Human evolution Intelligent Design

Why guys are fathers and gorillas aren’t: The real story

If one is not an evolutionary psychologist, the answer is obvious.

Querius Silver Asiatic @267, Good points all. On the subject of parentage, my wife and I always assumed that our children... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Here's a good video presentation by Dr. Lustig. It will cost you an hour of your time, it's a bit... – At least, the “science of obesity”...
polistra The only solution is PRECISELY ZERO government funding and VERY SMALL corporate funding. Let worthy projects gather their own patrons... – Policy analyst: More funding is not...
polistra Excellent narrative. – Granville Sewell on the first “self-replicating”...
Silver Asiatic Querius What if you destroy life by eating it? Murder? It's a great question. There have been human societies that... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Silver Asiatic BA77 Why Fossils Cannot Demonstrate Darwinian Evolution Claims of convergent evolution are proof of this. Genetic similarity does not match... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic Part 2 of Loenning's paper gives much more detail: http://www.weloennig.de/GiraffaSecondPartEnglish.pdf 99.99% of all mammal species possess exactly seven neck vertebrae.... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
EDTA >"...are highly suggestive proxy evidence for the earliest clothing in the archaeological record..." Clothing, yes. But when was the first... – Evidence of clothing from 90 000...
bornagain77 Yes Querius, given the Cambrian explosion by itself you would think that Darwinists would be far more reticent in claiming... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
ronvanwegen A few hundred thousand (?) naked apes wandering around. One of 'em grunts, "Imma now gonna tie this piece of... – Evidence of clothing from 90 000...
Silver Asiatic LCD This world is made by God to produce saints(to replace fallen angels) Great thought - perfectly stated. That thought... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
vividbleau “but also providing concrete evidence of how one creature evolved into another.” It does no such thing “Also, fossils aren’t... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Silver Asiatic Seversky Human parents are regarded as being responsible for the care and well-being of their children Yes, exactly. We don't... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Silver Asiatic Querius To your point, all these changes will certainly manifest themselves continually in tangible ways, or the person is a... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
vividbleau KF Welcome back I hope things are settling down for you Vivid – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Seversky, The problem is when you try to anthropomorphize God. God created space and time and does not have human... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius The problem with the calories in/calories out approach is that it ignores the 30-40% drop in basal metabolism under caloric... – At least, the “science of obesity”...
Seversky Silver Asiatic/216 If your own life belongs to your creator, then it is His. So, it wouldn’t be immoral for... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Lieutenant Commander Data 1. Why do some detractors care when they are already intractably wedded to MN? 2. Why do some detractors not... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...
Querius Bornagain77 @19, Loved your post, especially this quote! “No fossil is buried with its birth certificate. That, and the scarcity... – Laszlo Bencze: Just another gratuitous use...
Querius KF, Wonderfully articulated and stepped through! Since there are some who continually impose and propagate methodoligical naturalism in spite of... – Lutheran religious studies prof asks, Is...