Tag: hominid evolution

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Casey Luskin

Date
October 9, 2023

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, cave, Cave of Bones, Darwinism, Evolution, hominid evolution, hominid fossil, hominids, Homo naledi, human evolution, Lee Berger, media hype, Neo-Darwinism, Netflix, paleoanthropology, peer-review, peer-reviewed research, preprint, Rising Star Cave, South Africa}

Not Enough Evidence: Casey Luskin on Recent Homo Naledi Claims

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October 9, 2023

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A recent ABC News article says the latest research about the hominid species Homo naledi "erases the idea of human exceptionalism." A new Netflix documentary suggests that humans are not that special after all. Should we believe the media hype? Or is there more to the story? On this ID The Future, host Andrew McDiarmid speaks with Dr. Casey Luskin to get an update on the Homo naledi controversy. In this episode, Dr. Luskin reviews each of the three main claims about Homo naledi made by Dr. Lee Berger and his team and gives us a summary of the strongest counter-arguments. He also gives his thoughts on the recent Netflix film. "It's very important to communicate scientific ideas to the public," says Luskin. "And I think it's great when scientists do that, when they do it carefully and responsibly and they're making sure that the evidence has been thoroughly worked out...in this case, there was a sense that they had sort of put the cart before the horse." Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
June 29, 2022

Tagged
, Academic Freedom, African apes, African elephant, Asian black bear, Asian elephant, bison, body plan evolution, bottle-nosed dolphin, Cambrian Explosion, Casey Luskin, chimps, common dolphin, cow, Darwinism, donkey, Evolution, evolvability, Grand Canyon, Günter Bechly, Hawaiian silversword, highland cattle, hippos, hominid evolution, horse, house mouse, house rat, humans, hybridizing, interbreeding, Neo-Darwinism, phenotypic plasticity, polyploid hybrid, river hippo, South American Spectacled bear, species pairs, squirrels, West African pigmy hippo, whale evolution}

Günter Bechly: Species Pairs Wreck Darwinism

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June 29, 2022

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On this ID the Future, distinguished German paleontologist Günter Bechly continues unpacking his new argument against modern evolutionary theory. According to Bechly, contemporary species pairs diverge hardly at all over millions of years, even when isolated from each other, and yet we’re supposed to believe that the evolutionary process built dramatically distinct body plans in similar time frames at various other times in the history of life. Why believe that? He suggests this pattern of relative stasis among species pairs strikes a significant and damaging blow to Darwinian theory. In this Part 2 episode, Bechly and host Casey Luskin discuss mice/rat pairs, cattle and bison, horses and donkeys, Asian and African elephants, the Asian black bear and the South American Read More ›