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.

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.

Articles About Human Evolution

  • Similarities Between Humans and Plants Result of Evolution?
    Feb. 20, 2010

    Creationists argue that similarities between humans and apes aren’t due to evolution. What about similarities between humans and plants?

  • Ways We Could Evolve
    Nov. 28, 2009 from News to Know

    Slow science news week? Try some science fiction instead.

  • Unbecoming of Humans
    Nov. 3, 2009

    PBS TV in America is proclaiming that due to “an explosion of recent discoveries [that shed] light on . . . our hominid relatives,” it’s time to broadcast another documentary on human evolution.

  • Are You Evolving?
    Oct. 24, 2009 from News to Know

    Many humans believe evolution does indeed happen. Is it happening to them as well?

  • Kin Confusion
    June 27, 2009 from News to Know

    For all the years of proclaiming chimpanzees as our closest living evolutionary cousins, some evolutionists think we may actually be more closely related to orangutans.

  • In-Depth Article
    Are Humans and Chimps Related?
    April 29, 2009 from Answers in Depth

    It is one of the most-asked questions we now receive at Answers in Genesis: If human and chimp DNA are so similar, does this show a common ancestor?

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  • Instantaneous Evolution
    April 18, 2009 from News to Know

    Early humans weren’t very good at swinging from trees. But if you think that has evolutionists doubting human evolution, think again.

  • Magazine Department Article
    Mutant Humans
    April 1, 2009 from Answers Magazine

    The idea of human evolution may be a thing of the past

  • Human Ancestors Had Flexible Feet
    Nov. 22, 2008

    The flip-flops of the past weren’t footwear, but rather feet. That’s 99 percent evolutionary spin and 1 percent imagination.

  • Geneticist Says Human Evolution Has Ended
    Oct. 11, 2008

    That’s one small step for a man, one giant falling-flat-on-its-face step for mankind’s evolution.

  • Sarcasm Now Considered as an Evolutionary Survival Skill
    June 28, 2008

    We at Answers in Genesis think evolutionary theory is just about the greatest thing since sliced bread. And so is sarcasm! Well, at least it gives us a little license to “pour it on” a bit, at least in this piece.

  • Cultural Evolution of Counting Overturned
    Jan. 19, 2008 from News to Know

    A new look at the counting systems of some Pacific islanders is overturning previously held views on the “cultural evolution” of counting.

  • Magazine Department Article
    Stooping Low for Evolution
    Dec. 18, 2006 from Answers Magazine

    It was all over the world's media, including a BBC-TV documentary-family members in Turkey who walk hunched over, using their hands as well as their feet.

  • The Evolution of Childbirth?
    Nov. 15, 2006

    Sara Sklaroff’s “The Evolution of Childbirth—A Horror Story” reflects the secular worldview that says evolution “designed” the supposedly inferior process of human birth.

  • FOXP2 and the Non-Evolution of Human Language
    May 3, 2006

    Even though FOXP2 has a similar sequence and a similar function in other organisms, it serves a unique role in the context of a human being to facilitate language.

  • Chimps as Smart as Preschoolers?
    Jan. 6, 2000

    The Associated Press (AP) reported on January 6 that a chimpanzee “performed about as well as an average (Japanese) preschool child" on similar numerical tests.

  • Age of Aboriginal Art Disputed
    May 7, 1997

    This article talks about the proclaimed 'ancient' aboriginal art and how the date has recently been revised down.

  • Magazine Article
    Few Clues to Human Evolution
    Sept. 1, 1994, pp. 15–16

    A recent TIME magazine review article1 and others have highlighted the confusion reigning in the field of 'human evolution'.

  • Magazine Article
    How Long Have Aborigines Lived in Australia?
    June 1, 1993, pp. 48–50

    Examination of the question of how long have Aborigines been in Australia.

  • Magazine Article
    The Human Fossils Still Speak!
    March 1, 1993, pp. 10–13

    The human fossil record is completely compatible with special creation. In contrast, the human fossil evidence is so contrary to evolution that it effectively falsifies the idea that humans evolved.

  • Magazine Article
    Alarming Trend in Evolution!
    Dec. 1, 1992, pp. 30–31

    If you ask an evolutionist what the future holds for mankind, you will get a variety of answers.

  • Magazine Article
    Hands and Feet
    Dec. 1, 1990, pp. 16–17

    What about our hands and feet? Do they show any evidence of a more ‘monkey-like’ condition in the womb?

  • Technical Research Paper
    Cranial Capacity and Endocranial Casts
    April 1, 1990, pp. 56–65

    Man has always prided himself on his intellectual capabilities and has often pondered to explain the reason why he alone is able, unlike the rest of the animal kingdom, to contemplate and communicate.

  • Magazine Article
    National Geographic and the Stone Age Swindle?
    Dec. 1, 1986, pp. 6–10

    The latest in a series of swindles concerning the evolution of man has recently been exposed by the European press.

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