Human Evolution

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.

Articles About Human Evolution

• 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?

• 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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• 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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• 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?

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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.

• 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?

• 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?

• Research Paper

  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 Research Paper

  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.

• 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 Research Paper

  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?

• 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.

• 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.

• Quadrupedal People Do Not Walk Like Chimpanzees

  

  Aug. 14, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Uner Tan syndrome does not harbor the evolutionary “how” of human bipedality.

• Plants for the “Prehistoric” Palate

  Aug. 9, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Purportedly prehistoric people chose their veggies wisely even before they took up farming, archaeologists say.

• Piecing Together Human History, One Adaptation at a Time

  July 12, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  In a new comprehensive review of humanity’s story, evolutionary anthropologists tell their tale of how hominins progressed up the evolutionary ladder.

• Did Bugs Give Ancestral Primates a Bigger Brain?

  July 8, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Looking for bugs in all the right places bumped human brains up the evolutionary ladder, researchers say.

• Piecing Together Neanderthals at Sima de los Huesos

  July 5, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  The “mosaic” of traits in these people who left their fossilized remains in Ice Age sediment is consistent with the history found in God’s Word.

• Does a Paleo-Diet Hold the Evolutionary Key for Good Nutrition?

  July 3, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Do modern man’s diseases spring from a mismatch between today’s diet and prehistoric anatomy?

• Did Humans Evolve Big Brains by Evolving Weak Muscles?

  June 5, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Are weak muscles the price humans paid for evolving bigger better brains?

• Genetic Roots of Tooth Enamel Reveal Distinctive Design

  May 27, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Do the genetic roots of primate tooth enamel track humanity’s evolutionary roots?

• Review: Your Inner Reptile

  April 19, 2014 from Countering the Culture

  The stars of the program were a group of reptiles that supposedly evolved into mammals, and the supporting cast consisted of baby opossums that gave their lives for the cause.

• Cosmos Review: “Deeper, Deeper, Deeper Still”

  April 15, 2014 from Countering the Culture

  What we read in God’s Word even helps us understand what we see in God’s world—including most of the scientific principles taught in this episode.

• Review: Your Inner Fish

  April 12, 2014 from Countering the Culture

  Your Inner Fish, hosted on PBS by fish paleontologist Neil Shubin, blends fishy fables with embryology, genetics, and human anatomy.

• Ancient Footprints Place Humans in England Early in the Ice Age

  Feb. 18, 2014 from Answers in Depth

  Did human feet in ancient time walk upon England’s river shore?

• Do Even-tempered Empathetic Bonobos Reflect Human Evolutionary History?

  Oct. 24, 2013 from News to Know

  Are empathetic bonobos our evolutionary soul-mates?

• Did Our Ancestors Evolve Into Humans Feet First?

  Oct. 21, 2013 from News to Know

  Belief that bipedal locomotion was the key to human evolution gets flipped on its hands.

• Monogamy: Is It Rooted in an Evolutionary Past?

  Aug. 5, 2013 from News to Know

  Monogamous relationships are relatively rare among mammals. But is human monogamy God’s idea, or merely an evolutionary byproduct?

• Research Paper

  War or Peace? The Evolutionary History of Human Nature

  Aug. 1, 2013 from News to Know

  A study by anthropologists with a different version of mankind’s evolutionary history threatens to return them to the arena to settle their differences.

• Scars of Evolution or of a Sin-Cursed World?

  March 2, 2013 from News to Know

  The “Scars of Evolution” series featured speakers explaining how human evolution has produced an inferior product.

• Homo erectus Grew Teeth Like Modern Humans, Not Like Chimps

  Feb. 2, 2013 from News to Know

  A study comparing the teeth of modern humans, chimpanzees, and hominid fossils has found results that surprised evolutionary researchers.

• Wrinkled Fingers Get a Grip—but Not on Evolution

  Jan. 26, 2013 from News to Know

  After a long soak in the tub, young children ask, “Why do my fingers and toes get wrinkly in the water?” Until recently that remained a scientific mystery.

• Primate Midlife Crisis

  Dec. 1, 2012 from News to Know

  Primate psychology is said to imply an evolutionary basis for the human midlife crisis.

• Tie of Human Pregnancy to Bipedality Becomes Extinct

  Sept. 22, 2012 from News to Know

  Convenient evolutionary answer tying human pregnancy to bipedality becomes extinct.

• Mixed Response for Early Modern Human Skull in Asia

  Sept. 8, 2012 from News to Know

  Early modern human skull in Asia meets mixed response.