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• Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #2: The Foramen Magnum

  

  Welcome back to EvoAnth v. AiG round 2. If you cast your mind’s eye back a few weeks you’ll recall Answers in Genesis – famous purveyor of all things creationis... Read more

  Posted on 18 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE, SPIRITUALITY

• How to Make an Oldowan Flake – Friday Factoid

  

  The Oldowan toolkit is the oldest known set of stone tools, being manufactured by our ancestors as early as 2.6 million years ago. The toolkit consists of... Read more

  Posted on 07 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Sexual Selection in Humans: Can You Become More Attractive by Changing Your...

  

  New research reveals that putting on an overly masculine or effeminate voice does not make you more attractive. A while ago I wrote a post about sexual selectio... Read more

  Posted on 06 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Humans Are Still Evolving: Women Are Getting Shorter

  

  New research into current human evolution has identified many attributes in Homo sapiens which are still evolving, including female height, undermining the... Read more

  Posted on 04 December 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• The Movius Line – Friday Factoid

  

  The human lineage evolved in Africa until ~1.8 million years ago when Homo erectus strode forth into the rest of the world. H. erectus was the first hominin to... Read more

  Posted on 30 November 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Caring Homo Erectus

  

  Empathy is an important human emotion, forming the foundation of the social emotions which underpin our communities. Our desire to care for one another – often... Read more

  Posted on 27 November 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Our Sense of Smell is “devolving”

  

  Humans have a really poor sense of smell, as anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock surely knows. It just takes a brief glance at the many animals we keep a... Read more

  Posted on 15 November 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• What Did Neanderthals Wear?

  

  Neanderthals lived in Europe from ~400,000 years ago to ~28,000 years ago. During this time period the climate was difficult, with numerous ice ages and other... Read more

  Posted on 13 November 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Australopithecus Afarensis: Tree Climber

  

  Australopithecus afarensis is a bipedal human ancestor which lived in Africa from 3.9 – 2.9 million years ago. It’s particularly notable for being the first... Read more

  Posted on 06 November 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE

• Answers in Genesis Vs EvoAnth #1

  A few days ago I received about seventy-billion emails informing me people had started to comment on a post of mine from over the summer concerning Answers in... Read more

  Posted on 29 October 2012 BIOLOGY, SCIENCE