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

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?

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.

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!

Hominids

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

Homo floresiensis

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

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.

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?

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.

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.

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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Did Our Brains Evolve Slower Than Society?

Oct. 1, 2020 from Ken Ham’s Blog

Evolutionists advance a creative explanation for why humans developed complex technology later than when they say modern humans (and their brains) evolved.

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Study: Neanderthals Made String

April 23, 2020 from Ken Ham’s Blog

Neanderthals apparently made string suggesting they were as smart as modern humans—something biblical creationists have been saying all along.

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Human Evolution Re-Written Yet Again

April 16, 2020 from Ken Ham’s Blog

Evolutionists re-imagine the fossils Homo erectus, Paranthropus, and Australopithecus again as new research is compiled by CNN.com.

Articles About Human Evolution

Schlitzie the “Missing Link” & Early Darwinian Sideshows

June 27, 2020

A chapter in the sad history of early Darwinian propaganda: the microcephalic Schlitze was paraded in circuses as a “missing link” in the early 20th century.

Book Chapter

Ancient Man and Intelligence: Were People Originally Dumb Brutes or Brilliant?

Dec. 7, 2019 from The New Answers Book 4

Our modern society believes we are just reaching the height of human intelligence. If we accept this evolutionary view, what do we do with the biblical account?

Book Chapter

Cavemen . . . Really?

Nov. 16, 2019 from The New Answers Book 4

Perhaps, in fact, it’s our discomfort with not knowing what to do with cavemen that makes us laugh. So just who were they?

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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In-Depth Article

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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Technical Research Paper

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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Technical Research Paper

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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Technical Research Paper

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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In-Depth Article

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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Technical Research Paper

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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Technical Research Paper

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?

In-Depth Article

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?