Human Origins & Anthropology

Love Is in the Air and It Smells Like Intelligent Design

February 14, 2024

Being the hopeless romantic, I worked hard last year to come up with just the right thing to say to my wife on Valentine’s...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Neanderthal Gene Deserts Provide Oasis for RTB’s Creation Model

November 29, 2023

My two-year-old grandson’s favorite book is Yummy Yucky by Leslie Patricelli. This work helps little ones learn which things they should put in their mouths (yummy...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

A Response to “Unknown: Cave of Bones”

October 18, 2023

What makes us human? Are we unique? Are we exceptional? Is it reasonable to think that human beings were made in God’s image, as...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Does Homo naledi Undermine the Case for Human Exceptionalism?

July 19, 2023

My friend Ken Samples tells me it is one of the greatest stories ever told. It’s the tale of Plato’s Cave. In this allegory, Plato describes a...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

The Obstetrics Dilemma and the Design of the Human Birthing Process

May 10, 2023

The birth of a child is a marvel to behold. In fact, you might even call it a miracle.  Ironically, many skeptics would point to the...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Animals Are Intelligent But Are Humans Exceptional?

April 12, 2023

I’m an introvert. Attending gatherings with people I don’t know simply sucks the life out of me. The icebreakers that frequently open these gatherings only...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Is Tool Use Monkey Business or Unique to Humans?

February 13, 2023

If you walk through a home improvement store these days, you might say to yourself, "I wish I had all of these tools." Sophisticated...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Were Early Humans Engaged in Farming and Metallurgy?

December 30, 2022

Question of the Week: The Bible says in Genesis 4 that Cain was a farmer and Abel a shepherd. History books and the Internet...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Early Humans’ Complex Food Preparation Supports Exceptionalism

December 19, 2022

Genesis 4:2–4 states that the first humans were cultivating crops and keeping flocks of animals. Until recently, anthropologists insisted that early humans were subsistence...

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by Hugh Ross Read

A Remarkable Confluence of Genetic Changes Made Humans Exceptional

December 7, 2022

As a chemistry major in college and then a biochemistry student in graduate school, I had precious little time to watch TV. There were several...

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by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Ancient Surgical Amputation Affirms Human Exceptionalism

October 24, 2022

When did humans acquire the knowledge and skills to perform complex surgeries? The prevailing view among anthropologists has been that advanced surgical procedures are...

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by Hugh Ross Read

Humans’ Chewing Advantage Supports Exceptionalism

September 19, 2022

Scientists have learned that humans spend much less time chewing food than did the hominins—a find that carries implications for design.

Animals began chewing their...

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by Hugh Ross Read