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• Lucy the Knuckle Walker? Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth

  

  Many moons ago I stumbled across Answers in Genesis’s reconstruction of the “Lucy” specimen (who belonged to the species Australopithecus afarensis, an... Read more

  The 15 April 2013 by   Reprieve
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• PILTDOWN MAN: 100 Year Old Fossil Hoax, Natural History Museum, London

  

  Piltdown Fossils on display at the Natural History Museum, LondonA little over 100 years ago, in December 1912, the British Museum announced the discovery of... Read more

  The 01 April 2013 by   Carolinearnoldtravel
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• The Remarkable Biodiversity Of Belly Buttons

  

  from NPRScientists at the Belly Button Biodiversity Project wanted to engage the public. They started to culture the bacteria in people’s navels as a way to... Read more

  The 15 April 2013 by   Earth First! Newswire
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• Australopithecus Sediba: Human by Accident?

  

  Australopithecus sediba, everyone’s second favourite Australopith after Lucy, was back in the news last week as more research on this fascinating specie was... Read more

  The 16 April 2013 by   Reprieve
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• The Neanderthal with a Chin: a Human Hybrid?

  

  Humans may have been evolving for millions of years, but some of our traits only developed recently. I’m always fascinated by these modern traits, they’re... Read more

  The 04 April 2013 by   Reprieve
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• How Gene Patents May Soon Affect Genetic Testing

  

  The importance of gene testing is becoming more apparent every day, and a number of companies are making the technology more accessible for medical professional... Read more

  The 16 April 2013 by   Azharnadeem
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• How Can Isotopes Tell Us About the Prehistoric Climate?

  

  Yesterday Phyrangula linked to my article on the problems of trying to squeeze the ice age into a young earth creationist chronology. Read more

  The 17 April 2013 by   Reprieve
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• Can We Predict Evolution?

  

  Evolution is not predictable, right? It has famously been said that if we were to rerun the tape of life, it would be very unlikely that something like humans... Read more

  The 13 April 2013 by   Bjornostman
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• Autistic Individuals Are NOT Neanderthal Hybirds

  

  A while ago I wrote about the Neanderthal theory of autism (NAT). For those of you who don’t remember (and are too lazy to click on that link), it’s the idea... Read more

  The 08 April 2013 by   Reprieve
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• It Was Supposed to Be So Easy

  

  When I think about Chomma and Betton, the two hyaenas we collared almost two months ago, a song by the Streets called ‘It was supposed to be so easy’ comes to... Read more

  The 15 April 2013 by   Iratemonkey
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