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A monkey-like animal seen as an ancestor of monkeys, apes and humans was not as brainy as expected, according to scientists who analyzed its nicely preserved 29-million-year-old skull. [ Read More ] »
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Evolutionary theory tells us life evolves at a sedate pace, as an old species transforms into a new one over the course of millions (or at least hundreds of thousands) of year. Yet the fossil records [ Read More ] »
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At first glance, postponing one's own reproductive efforts to help unrelated individuals raise their offspring might seem like a bad choice, evolutionarily speaking. However, cooperative breeding, a [ Read More ] »
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In a public outburst last fall, Poland's deputy education minister criticized evolution theory as a lie that science has cleverly sought to legitimize. Miroslaw Orzechowski has called for a debate o [ Read More ] »
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The National Geographic and the news services are touting a new ape fossil found in Ethiopia as "forcing a rethink on human evolution". As usual, the headlines are hyperbolic. This ape is fragmenta [ Read More ] »
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Historian Mary P. Winsor published recently (2006b, in the December 2006 edition, but it just came out) a paper discussing how the Essentialism Story was constructed by Arthur Cain, Ernst Mayr, and D [ Read More ] »
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