Neanderthals

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...

Human Origins & Anthropology

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...

Human Origins & Anthropology

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...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Key Difference in Developing Human and Neanderthal Brains

September 14, 2022

Good things take time. Or at least that is what the adage claims. It's true when it comes to whiskey. Good whiskey takes time....

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Neanderthal Population Size Challenges Evolution

May 16, 2022

Were the Neanderthals too few in number to have evolved? Does new hominid evidence point to special creation? Factors Affecting Evolution
For terrestrial mammals, there are...

Evolution

by Hugh Ross Read

Should Chimpanzee Behavior Challenge Human Exceptionalism?

April 27, 2022

When our kids were little, I always enjoyed our family trips to the zoo. As they grew older, our zoo visits became much less...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

How We Use Energy Points to Human Exceptionalism

February 21, 2022

It's easy for humans to take food availability for granted in our modern world, but the acquisition of food resources in human history has...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Hugh Ross Read

Brain Organoids Cultivate the Case for Human Exceptionalism

January 19, 2022

Mel Brooks’s horror comedy Young Frankenstein is one of my all-time favorite movies.  Perhaps my favorite scene in the movie has Igor (pronounced EYE-gor)—played brilliantly by Marty...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Human Dietary Flexibility Appears Designed

June 21, 2021

During one of my ministry trips to Hong Kong, several Chinese science professors took me to a famous restaurant for a traditional Chinese dinner....

Design

by Hugh Ross Read

New Genetic Evidence Affirms Human Uniqueness

March 4, 2020

It’s a remarkable discovery—and a bit gruesome, too. It is worth learning a bit about some of its unseemly details because this find may...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Timing of Neanderthals’ Disappearance Makes Art Claims Unlikely

March 27, 2019

In Latin it literally means, “somewhere else.” Legal experts consider an alibi to be one of the most effective legal defenses available in a...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read

Early Cave Art Supports the Image of God

January 30, 2019

This masterpiece depicts the Rue Mosnier (an urban street) as seen from the window of Manet’s art studio on June 30, 1878, a national...

Human Origins & Anthropology

by Fazale “Fuz” Rana Read