Human Origins & Anthropology

A Christian Perspective on the Sixth Mass Extinction

July 14, 2021

It is hard to imagine that anything good could have come from the COVID-19 pandemic.

But something has. Thanks to the 2020 “lockdowns,” there was...

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by Fazale Rana Read

Did God Create Us or Did We Evolve from a Common Ancestor with the Apes?

May 7, 2021

Question of the week: Do you believe God directly intervened to create the first modern humans or did we evolve from a common ancestor with...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Did Koko’s Large Vocabulary Challenge Human Exceptionalism?

April 30, 2021

Question of the week: Did Koko the gorilla develop and use a vocabulary of hundreds of words? Did she possess symbolic capability that challenges human exceptionalism? My answer: Koko spent...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Does Complex Speech Expression Demonstrate Human Exceptionalism?

April 5, 2021

Last fall the announcement that phosphine was discovered in Venus's upper atmosphere stunned internet science geeks.1 This announcement generated over 4,700 news stories around...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Ancient Cave Art Strengthens Evidence for the Image of God

March 10, 2021

All human beings are creative. Creativity defines and distinguishes us from all other creatures that exist now—or ever existed. As a Christian, I view...

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by Fazale Rana Read

How Long Have Humans Been on Earth?

January 15, 2021

Question of the week: How long have humans been on Earth? How do you square that date with the biblical genealogies that imply roughly...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Human Migration: Beachcombing from South Africa to South America

January 7, 2021

Have you ever thought about your ancestors? Who they were, and where they came from? Arguably, where we come from represents one of the...

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by GUEST WRITER Read

Scientists Turn Back the Hands of Time: But Should They?

December 16, 2020

“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” written by F. Scott Fitzgerald—one of the great American writers of the twentieth century—is a short story about...

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by Fazale Rana Read

How Do Christians’ Relationships with God Differ from Adam’s before He Sinned?

December 11, 2020

Question of the week: In what ways and to what degrees are the relationships that Christians have today with God the same or different...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Could Our Lives Be a Computer Simulation?

December 4, 2020

Question of the week: How do we know that our lives are not some kind of sophisticated computer simulation? Could it be like the...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Moon’s Early Magnetic Field Made Human Existence Possible

November 16, 2020

The proximity of Veterans Day made me think of the American flag and then, about stars. Astronomers like to think about the properties of...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Breakthrough in Star Formation History Helps Explain Life in the Universe

November 9, 2020

The proximity of Veterans Day made me think of the American flag and then, about stars. Astronomers like to think about the properties of...

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by Hugh Ross Read