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Neanderthal man

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Denyse O'Leary
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April 8, 2021
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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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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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 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 ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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February 4, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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The “dumb Neanderthal” myth dies hard

Denyse O'Leary
February 4, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
Prediction: Neanderthals will suddenly become just like us if a different set of putative “less than human” bones turns up. So long as there is no other “not quite human” in easy view, it really doesn’t matter what Neanderthals actually did. They’ll still have to be cast that way to appear in the approved drama of human evolution. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
Date
February 1, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Cultural evolution theories “challenged” by multiple dwelling cave

Denyse O'Leary
February 1, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design
This kind of find is treated as problematic because it means that the missing link is still missing. Nobody is the subhuman. That’s not good news for a Darwinian approach to human evolution, in which someone must be the subhuman. Read More ›
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Denyse O'Leary
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January 28, 2019
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Human evolution, Intelligent Design
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Neanderthals were way smarter hunters than we used to think

Denyse O'Leary
January 28, 2019
Human evolution, Intelligent Design

From ScienceDaily: Neanderthals have been imagined as the inferior cousins of modern humans, but a new study by archaeologists at UCL reveals for the first time that they produced weaponry advanced enough to kill at a distance. The study, published in Scientific Reports, examined the performance of replicas of the 300,000 year old Schöningen spears — the oldest weapons reported in archaeological records — to identify whether javelin throwers could use them to hit a target at distance… The research shows that the wooden spears would have enabled Neanderthals to use them as weapons and kill at distance. It is a significant finding given that previous studies considered Neanderthals could only hunt and kill their prey at close range. Paper. Read More ›