Another Human Relative Found

"Bohlender isn’t the first to suggest that remnants of archaic human relatives may have been preserved in human DNA even though no fossil remains have been found. In 2012, another group of researchers suggested that some people in Africa carry DNA heirlooms from an extinct hominid species (SN: 9/8/12, p. 9)."

DNA data offer evidence of unknown extinct human relative 

A Quirk Of Evolution

"The discovery challenges the way scientists think about the origins of the eye. Living hagfish are remarkably unchanged from their ancient counterparts, and so scientists long thought that modern, sightless hagfish eyes represented a kind of intermediate step between the primitive light-sensing spots in many invertebrates and the camera-like eyes of vertebrates, including humans."

5 Times Evolution Ran in ‘Reverse’ 

Humans, And Other Primates, Have Always Been Aggressive Towards Each Other

"The propensity for humans to kill one another may be hot-wired into our DNA but culture also has the power to change our behaviour, a new study has found.

"The research, led by José María Gómez at the Estación Experimental de Zonas Áridas in Spain and published in the journal Nature, explored the human tendency to act violently towards members of our own species" 

Our Prehistoric Ancestors As Violent As Us 

"Have You Ever Seen Evolution?" ------> "Yes We Have."

"The biologists Rosemary and Peter Grant have spent four decades on a tiny island in the Galápagos. Their discoveries reveal how new animal species can emerge in just a few generations."

Watching Evolution Happen in Two Lifetimes

All Successful Animal Species, Including Humans, Have These Traits

I am visiting Washington, DC focusing on seeing some Smithsonian museums that have added displays since the last time I was here.  My favorite is the Human Origins area withing the Museum of Natural History.  The biggest takeaway?  All animal species, including homo sapien sapien, display the traits of caring and cooperation.  How are homo sapien sapiens doing now?  Think hard about it.

THE Challenge For Christians

At its base, Christianity sinks or swims on the validity of the Story of Adam and Eve, and Original Sin.  Even the most pro-science branch of Christianity, Catholicism, dogmatically states that there was a literal single pair who founded humanity, Adam and Eve, and who gave all of us Original Sin.  This 4-min  teaching video, aimed at the layperson, clarifies the reality surrounding evolution and the beginning of the human species.

There was no first human.

More details supporting humans originating from a group, not a pair. *

Why Is It Easy For Humans To Believe In A God?

The question of why do so many humans believe in a god, in spite of no evidence in support of a god, has been a question that is begging for a evidenced-based answer.  Below is my clear and concise answer to the question.

Hey, Evolution Deniers, Humans Are Still Evolving

"New evidence of how the human genome has changed over the last several thousand years points to a series of massive critical evolutionary changes, setting some aspects of our biology clearly apart from that of our forebears.  And we are no doubt continuing to evolve today."

Humans Never Stopped Evolving

The Ignorance Of Accepting "Microevolution" But Not "Macroevolution"

"In that sense—in invoking unspecified limits to microevolution that can’t be overcome except by God—the Intelligent Design crowd is exactly the same as their less sophisticated ancestors."

Jesus ‘n’ Mo ‘n’ Darwin

Theistic Evolution

The intellectual vacuity of theistic evolution

Human Origins Is Convoluted

This is an interesting article giving a clearer picture of humanity's evolutionary past.

These ancient Asian primate fossils might be the missing pieces of a major evolutionary puzzle

Here is an interesting series of articles covering human origins and migration,

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/4/7/1848330/-Human-Origins-Leaving-Africa-Why?detail=emaildkre

An Interactive Tree Of Life

There’s a new, fractally constructed tree of life—with dates of the nodes—called OneZoom, and you must have a look at it.

Catholic Church Official Teachings Conflict With Science

Many theists claim that there is no real conflict between faith and science.  Is this really true?  Following are excerpts from an official Catholic document under which the faithful are obligated to give their assent.  Why am I choosing to present the Catholic teaching?  Because I was raised Catholic, have studied the dogma of all of the major religions, and have found Catholic teaching to be the least resistant to scientific findings.  In other words, as much as Catholic teaching conflicts with science, the other major religions are worse.

Laughter Rooted In Survival

An interesting article on why we laugh.

The evolutionary origins of laughter are rooted more in survival than enjoyment

My Last Post Defending Evolution

If one reads this and still denies evolution, one is beyond communication on the subject.

Answering Creationist’s Unanswerable Questions

Why Humans Are Smarter Than Elephants

It's not the quantity of neurons in the brain, it's how they are organized and where they are located.

With three times as many neurons, why doesn’t the elephant brain outperform ours?

A Rambling Article On What Could Make Humanity Extinct

The following article is very long and speculative.  However, there is some interesting information presented and worth reading if one is predisposed to such.

Could Anything Make Humans Extinct In The Near Future?

Intelligent Design?

"Evolution constructed our bodies with the biological equivalent of duct tape and lumber scraps."

Seriously, it doesn't take much thought from those who design structures for function, safety and efficiency to come up with something better.

Top 10 Design Flaws In The Human body

Intelligent Design - Rational Wiki

15 answers to Creationist nonsense

Not Only Is God Of Bad Character, He Is A Bad Designer

If one thinks that reality has an transcendent purpose and is intelligently designed, how would a random, purposeless reality be different from what we have now?

Freethought Radio interviews Dr. Abby Hafer on God: Bad Character, Bad Designer

What Religion Can Do To An Intelligent Person

It is astounding to think that this person was deciding legal disagreements at the highest level of the USA. Please also note, this is just one example of how his religious dogma interfered with science and justice.
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