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By Michael A. Flannery Those of us old enough to remember well recall the Watergate hearings in 1973 when Senator Howard Baker asked, “What did the President know and when did he know it?” That question first focused attention directly upon Richard Nixon himself and it eventually unraveled his presidency. What happens when the [...]
“We are skeptical of claims for the ability of random mutation and natural selection to account for the complexity of life. Careful examination of the evidence for Darwinian theory should be encouraged.” Click here for the list of scientists making this statement.
By David Tyler According to C.R.C. Paul, “the search for gradual change in the fossil record is a cautionary tale”. The instigator of the search was, of course, Charles Darwin, whose theory predicted that a pattern of small incremental changes would be found in the fossil record as well as in contemporary life forms. [...]
By Fazale Rana, Ph.D. New Evidence of Profound Behavioral Differences between Modern Humans and the Hominids During his career as an artist, Vincent Van Gogh painted over thirty-seven self-portraits. Considered one of the most prolific self-portraitists in modern times, Van Gogh’s self-depictions are characterized by the artist’s piercing gaze and intensity of color. The creation [...]
By Fazale Rana, Ph.D. New Understanding of Homo floresiensis fits RTB’s Human Origins Model Tolkien’s Hobbits are humble beings, not much for calling attention to themselves. But the scientific version of these creatures is constantly grabbing headlines. In 2004, Australian and Indonesian paleoanthropologists generated a lot of excitement when they published evidence for hobbit-sized hominids [...]
By Fazale Rana, Ph.D. Great minds think alike, so the saying goes. There is some truth to this old adage. When several people focus on solving a problem, they will eventually hit upon the same solution if it really is the best of all possible options. Due to the nature of the evolutionary process, people [...]
By Thomas E. Woodward It was the best of times; it was the worst of times… When British novelist Charles Dickens penned those now-famous words in 1859 as the first sentence of A Tale of Two Cities, he had no idea he was making literary history. These famous words capture the paradox of France on [...]
By Greg Koukle If the answer is yes, then we are in trouble. I have consistently put forth what I believe to be a very strong argument for the existence of a personal God and the reality of personal guilt before God based on the existence of self-evident moral rules in [...]
It’s been nearly 150 years since the publication of Charles Darwin’s influential book, On the Origin of Species, and the theory of evolution remains the focus of intense public controversy. So, what’s all the controversy about? It’s hard to tell, sometimes. Public debate over this issue usually generates more heat than light. There is [...]
By Fazale Rana, Ph.D. Chimpanzee exhibits top many people’s list of favorite zoo attractions. Watching these apes carry on delights human observers of all ages. The antics of chimps, often compared to human behavior, are not the only thing about these wonderful creatures that captivates the interest of humans. Genetic comparisons between chimps and humans [...] |
  
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