Human Evolution

There are only three ways to make an ape-man: 1) make an ape more human-like, 2) make a human more ape-like, or 3) fraudulently mix the two together. Homo naledi, a new fossil species discovered in a South African cave chamber, is another example of trying to make an ape more human-like.

From The New Answers DVD 2

Humans and Chimps Alike?

Determining the genetic basis for differences between humans and chimps does not explain the origin of those differences. We share not a common ancestor but a common Designer.

Who Were Cave Men?

Genetics has clearly established that Neanderthals and Denisovans were fully human. Any physical differences should be viewed as nothing more than variations that can occur within the human race descended from Adam and Eve.

Fossils of Cave Men

Human fossils —and their stone tools—are strikingly similar everywhere they are found in the Lower and Middle Pleistocene layers. These people had large brow ridges, small chins, and receding foreheads.

Evolving Intelligence

Evolutionary anthropologists believe mental abilities had to evolve. Yet they note large gaps in this archaeological record across which it is difficult to discern whether mental evolution was gradual or punctuated by leaps and losses.

Human Evolution Topics

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  Ape-Man

  Can man’s ancestry be traced back to an ape-like ancestor? How much do we really have in common with primates? Have fossil ape-men been found?

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  Australopithecus sediba

  Australopithecus sediba is not an ancestor of man. The evidence properly interpreted shows that such fossils are either human or ape, not an in-between species.

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  Cavemen

  Was early man truly a stone-age, lumbering brute grunting his way toward primitive language? The evidence says the opposite—early man was intelligent!

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  Hominids

  The news often eagerly reports the discovery of another link in the supposed chain of hominid evolution. What do these finds really show?

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  Homo floresiensis

  The Homo floresiensis of Indonesia, three-foot-tall people affectionately called hobbits, were fully human descendants of Adam and Eve.

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  Human Origins

  Humans have always been interested in our origins: where did we come from, and how did we get here? The Bible soundly answers the question of human origins.

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  Lucy

  Was the australopithecine Lucy—most famous of all the supposed human ancestors—really a precursor to modern man, or was she simply an ape?

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  Neanderthal

  Neanderthals are often treated as subhuman despite having all the hallmarks of full humanity. Except a few skeletal variances, they were very similar to us.

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  Piltdown Man and Other Frauds

  Piltdown man, and other paleoanthropological hoaxes and forgeries, call attention to the academic dishonesty that is sometimes pedaled as evolutionary evidence.

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  What Makes Us Human?

  Evolutionists say that man is just an animal, descended from an ape-like ancestor. However, humans show features that clearly separate us from animals.

News About Human Evolution

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  No, Kids, Humans Aren’t Going to Evolve Again

  

  June 10, 2019 from Ken Ham’s Blog

  The website The Conversation hosted an article, in a series designed for children, to answer a reader-submitted question, “Are humans going to evolve again?”

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  Homo luzonensis—a New Human Species Discovered in the Philippines?

  

  April 15, 2019 from Ken Ham’s Blog

  Headlines trumpeted the news last week, “New species of early human found in the Philippines.” How should we as biblical creationists understand this find?

Articles About Human Evolution

• Ape-Men, Adam, and the Gospel

  

  July 27, 2019, pp. 111–122

  Creationists and evolutionists look at the same fossil and genetic evidence, but they interpret it very differently because of different starting assumptions.

• The Evolutionary Problem with Grandmothers

  

  April 16, 2019

  In an evolutionary worldview, human grandmothers are a bit of a puzzle. Why would evolution favor human grandmothers?

• Magazine Article

  Making the Leap from Ape to Adam

  

  March 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine

  If you just connect all the dots, isn’t it easy to see how the first humans could evolve from a shared ancestor with the apes?

• Magazine Department Article

  Close, But Not Close Enough—Fingerprints

  

  Jan. 1, 2019 from Answers Magazine

  Evolutionists claim that this similarity between humans and primates is evidence of common ancestry. Closer study verifies differences that point to a common Designer.

• Human Ingenuity: Outsmarting Evolutionary Misconceptions

  

  Jan. 30, 2018

  When we start with God’s Word, however, we know that humans are not necessarily getting smarter as time goes on. Adam and Eve were created in God’s image (Genesis 1:27), and originally we had perfect brains and intelligence (Genesis 1:31; Deuteronomy 32:4).

• Magazine Department Article

  The Importance of Missing Links

  

  Jan. 1, 2018 from Answers Magazine

  No matter how hard they try, scientists can’t connect the missing links in human evolution. Why not?

• Technical Research Paper

  Likely Discontinuity Between Humans and Non-Human Hominins Based on Endocranial Volume and Body Mass with a Special Focus on Homo naledi—A Short Analysis

  

  Oct. 11, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  According to the evolutionary concept of encephalization, endocranial volume increases from more primitive species to more developed ones.

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  Does Human Evolutionary History Hang on a Sugar Tree?

  

  Oct. 6, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Scientists report the biochemical footprint of a particular sugar polymer—a type that modern humans cannot make—has been found in an ancient African fossil.

• Technical Research Paper

  Response to “Reply to ‘Response to ‘On the Creationist View on mtDNA’.”

  

  Oct. 4, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  I am pleased to see that the young-earth creation (YEC) critic, Stefan Frello, seeks to continue our exchange of ideas.

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  Reply to “Response to ‘On the Creationist View on mtDNA’.”

  

  Oct. 4, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  This is a short reply to Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson’s response to my comment to his work on human mtDNA.

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  Response to “On the Creationist View on mtDNA”

  

  Aug. 23, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  Frello criticizes papers that he hasn’t carefully read. Not surprisingly, his objections turn out to be unfounded.

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  On the Creationist View on mtDNA

  

  Aug. 23, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson claims to have documented a recent origin of humans, using mitochondrial DNA. A reader questions the results.

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  Can Amphioxus Shed Light on the Origin of Our Brain?

  

  July 30, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Amphioxus is an “obvious” link between invertebrates and vertebrates for those who believe they must be linked by a shared evolutionary ancestor.

• Book Chapter

  If We Resemble Apes, Does That Mean We Evolved from Apes?

  

  July 15, 2017 from Essays on Origins: Creation vs. Evolution

  Evolutionists insist that the underlying similarity of all animals, including man, is compelling evidence for their evolution from a common ancestor.

• Technical Research Paper

  Further Evidence That Homo naledi Is Not a Member of the Human Holobaramin Based on Measurements of Vertebrae and Ribs

  

  June 21, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  This study provides further evidence that Homo naledi is indeed not a member of the human holobaramin, but related rather to australopiths.

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• On the (Evolutionary) Road to Morocco?

  

  June 8, 2017

  Fossils of Homo sapiens found in a cave in Morocco are clearly human, not “ape-men.” But are they really 315,000 years old?

• Magazine Department Article

  A Glimpse into Life after Babel

  

  May 1, 2017 from Answers Magazine

  The discovery of an ancient man entombed in the Alps’ ice was one of the greatest finds of the last century.

• In-Depth Article

  Designer Feet: Foundations for Walking, but Not up the Evolutionary Ladder

  

  April 6, 2017 from Answers in Depth

  Are human feet the foundational distinction between knuckle-walking apes and us? How did we learn to walk this way?

• Technical Research Paper

  Rebuttal to “Reply to O’Micks Concerning the Geology and Taphonomy of the Homo naledi Site” and “Identifying Humans in the Fossil Record: A Further Response to O’Micks”

  

  Feb. 15, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  Baraminic analyses suggest that both H. naledi and H. floresiensis are not part of the human holobaramin.

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  Identifying Humans in the Fossil Record: A Further Response to O’Micks

  

  Feb. 15, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  Recent articles have questioned the validity of hominin baraminology studies that place Homo naledi in the human holobaramin.

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• Technical Research Paper

  Reply to O’Micks Concerning the Geology and Taphonomy of the Homo naledi Site

  

  Feb. 15, 2017 from Answers Research Journal

  The best hypothesis for the origin of the H. naledi assemblage in the Dinaledi Chamber is still intentional burial/disposal by other H. naledi.

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• Technical Research Paper

  Taxon Sample Size in Hominin Baraminology: A Response to O’Micks

  

  Dec. 28, 2016 from Answers Research Journal

  Re-analysis of O’Micks’ character sets show that the lack of baraminic distance correlations is likely the result of a small taxon sample.

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  Reply to “Taxon Sample in Hominin Baraminology: A Response to O’Micks”

  

  Dec. 28, 2016 from Answers Research Journal

  Baraminology is a holistic science and should distinguish between more or less important morphological characteristics.

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• In-Depth Article

  Are Humans Evolving Through Caesarean Sections?

  

  Dec. 16, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  A study in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences suggests that the modern practice of Caesarean section is rapidly altering human evolution.

• Stop Calling Neanderthals “Not-Quite-Human Creatures”!

  

  Nov. 20, 2016

  A while back many were shocked to learn that Neanderthal genes and Denisovan genes were present in the genomes of many modern people.

• Technical Research Paper

  Homo naledi Probably Not Part of the Human Holobaramin Based on Baraminic Re-Analysis Including Postcranial Evidence

  

  Oct. 26, 2016 from Answers Research Journal

  With the inclusion of 37 postcranial morphological characters, this work attempts to reassess the baraminic classification of H. naledi.

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• In-Depth Article

  Hobbits of Flores Were an Archaic Human Variety, Studies Suggest

  July 15, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Could hobbits be a dwarfed variety of Homo erectus, an archaic human whose presence in Southeast Asia, specifically Flores, has been demonstrated?

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  Is Your Allergy-Prone Immune System the Result of Neanderthal Influence?

  Feb. 18, 2016 from Answers in Depth

  Three of the genes that control our immune system's first line of defense (and our allergies) bear a significant footprint from Neanderthals.

• Magazine Department Article

  New Find . . . Same Question

  

  Jan. 1, 2016 from Answers Magazine

  The Naledi skeletons in South Africa, whose discovery was announced last September, represent the latest species declared to be a likely human relative.

• In-Depth Article

  Does the Fossil Gibbon in the Gap Monkey with Human Ancestry?

  

  Nov. 20, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Some believe the Gibbon-like fossil Pliobates cataloniae sheds light on the common ancestor supposedly shared by monkeys, apes, and humans.

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  Which Came First—Teeth or Scales?

  Oct. 29, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  That God created teeth, scales, and enamel at the same time is not an answer to evolutionists, so they claim each enameled fish fossil clarifies the confusion.

• In-Depth Article

  Did Humans Walk Like Chimps Up the Evolutionary Tree?

  Oct. 15, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  An ape that can learn to walk on its hind legs or has some similarities to humans does not demonstrate that it is an evolutionary cousin of human beings.

• In-Depth Article

  Is Homo naledi a New Species of Human Ancestor?

  

  Sept. 12, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  From God’s Word we know “nature” did not experiment “with how to evolve humans.” We do not believe evidence supports a Homo designation for Homo naledi.

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  Are Human Hands More Primitive Than Chimps’?

  Aug. 27, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Human hands differ markedly from those of long-fingered monkeys and arboreal apes like chimpanzees and orangutans. Did one evolve first?

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  How Did We Get Our Teeth?

  

  Aug. 10, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Evolutionists say scales and teeth share evolutionary history but wonder, “Which evolved first?” However, God created scales and teeth at the same time.

• Are There Transhumans in Our Future?

  

  July 9, 2015

  Transhumanism is the belief or theory that the human race can evolve beyond its current limitations. Is there any reason to fear advances in humans?

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  The Latest on “Little Foot’s” Bid for Status as Humanity’s Most Ancient Ancestor

  April 16, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  The date evolutionists report for Little Foot is old enough to keep it in the running for human ancestor, but there is no reason to consider the dates reliable.

• Technical In-Depth Article

  Is the Ledi Jaw the Missing Link in Human Evolution?

  March 21, 2015 from Answers in Depth

  Evolutionists say the oldest human fossil, the Ledi jaw (LD 350-1), shows humans had evolved from ancestors like Lucy in East Africa 2.8 million years ago.

• In-Depth Article

  Did Humans Evolve to Drink Alcohol?

  Dec. 18, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Is raising the glass in a New Year’s toast a millions-of-years-old tradition?

• Semi-Technical In-Depth Article

  Can Neanderthal Noses Sniff Out the Secret Paths of Human Evolution?

  Dec. 17, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Were Neanderthals our cousins, our ancestors, or just our fellow human travelers in the post-Babel world?

• In-Depth Article

  Mouse Memory Enhanced By Humanized “Language Gene”

  Sept. 25, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  With mice and men, practice makes perfect, but a mouse with a man’s FOXp2 gene achieves perfection faster.

• In-Depth Article

  Is Homo floresiensis a Legitimate Human “Hobbit” Species?

  Aug. 19, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Indonesia’s Flores Island was probably populated not by a Lilliputian human species but just ordinary people including a person with Down syndrome.