How Could Noah’s Ark Survive the Storm?
| Answers in Genesis Skeptics claim that a wooden ship the size of Noah’s Ark couldn’t possibly stay afloat. Did God
perform a miracle to keep it from sinking? To answer this challenge, some
Christians have appealed to God’s
miraculous intervention. But is this
really necessary?
Feeding Carnivores on Noah’s Ark
| Answers in Genesis We know from the fossil record (most of which is a testimony of the worldwide, globe-covering flood) that some animals were carnivores in the post-fall/pre-flood world. How did Noah feed "obligate carnivores" while on the Ark?
Distinguishing Fact from Fiction
| Answers in Genesis February 26 is Tell a Fairy Tale Day. If you grew up with bedtime stories, this “holiday” might sound childish—possibly goofy. But as with fairy tales, there’s an important lesson ahead. The world is full of great tales with lessons in character and morality.
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Did Noah Bring Seven or Fourteen Clean Animals Onto the Ark?
| Answers in Genesis How many of each kind of animal were on the Ark? Look at just about any popular depiction of Noah’s Ark and you’ll likely get the wrong impression. Not only is the Ark often incorrectly illustrated to look like an overloaded bathtub, but the types of animals shown boarding the Ark are almost always inaccurate.
Were Insects on the Ark?
| Answers in Genesis If not directly commanded by God to be included on the Ark, would some insects have been beneficial to Noah and, if so, how might they have come on board?
Downtime on Noah’s Ark
| Answers in Genesis At the Ark Encounter, we have been considering the family’s downtime while on the Ark, for we plan to depict each of the family members in various settings.
DisembARKing
| Answers in Genesis People often wonder how Noah was able to fit thousands of animals on board. But have you ever wondered how the people and animals left the Ark?
Species and Kinds and the Ark
| Answers in Genesis A reader writes, “If evolution is wrong, then that means that God created every single species that now exists. Given this, how did all these species fit on Noah's single ark?” Paul Taylor responds.
Depicting the Ark—A Sign of the Times?
| Answers in Genesis Noah’s Ark has been a popular subject for artists throughout the centuries. However, it is not easy to adequately depict this vessel because the description in Genesis 6 is very brief.
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The Ark and the Apocalypse–An Intriguing Connection
| Answers in Genesis An article by Emma Frances Bloomfield, titled “Ark Encounter as Material Apocalyptic Rhetoric: Contemporary Creationist Strategies On Board Noah’s Ark,” discusses three “topoi” or themes that Ark Encounter presents to “construct a strong apocalyptic argument.”
Mything the Boat
| Answers in Genesis Noah’s Ark is not just an old sea vessel floating alone in the pages of the Bible—it’s a modern marketing extravaganza!
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Everything Changed
| Answers in Genesis I often think of how stunned Noah must
have been when he first saw the awesome devastation and the breathtaking
beauty of the transformed world.
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Peace on Earth?
| Answers in Genesis Scripture says that Jesus' birth brought peace on Earth—but what about all the wars, crime, and natural disasters? What kind of peace did Jesus bring?
Christ and the Ark of Noah
| Answers in Genesis Noah’s Ark is an amazing object God designed to save Noah and his family from the Flood, but today we have an infinitely greater Ark—the Lord Jesus Christ!
Is Noah’s Ark a Myth?
| Answers in Genesis Noah’s Ark—bedtime story, myth, allegory, or real history? Was there really a Flood that covered the globe and an Ark filled with animals?
Johan Huibers and His Ark
| Answers in Genesis Johan Huibers will soon start boarding passengers and sailing down the canals of Holland with the Ark he has been building since the fall of 2005.
The True Story of Noah’s Ark
| Answers in Genesis I have been particularly grateful to have partnered with Master Books and one of its authors in reviewing and editing the new book “The True Story of Noah’s Ark.”
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S.A.D. Days
| Answers in Genesis Sunlight is important to human existence, and when deprived of it, some people become unhappy.How might Noah and his family addressed the Seasonal Affective Disorder?
The “Bathtub” Ark
| Answers in Genesis In a world that scoffs at the idea of a global Flood and a man called Noah who took his family and representative kinds of land animals on an enormous boat, what do these 'bathtub arks' really say?
The Flood
| Answers in Genesis Geology overwhelmingly supports the historicity of the global Flood. Sediments were rapidly deposited, forming most of the fossil-bearing rock layers.
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Thinking Outside the Box
| Answers in Genesis The purpose of the articles in this series is to raise ideas about Noah, his world, the Ark, and the Flood in ways that most people have not considered before.
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Global Flood
| Answers in Genesis Was the Genesis Flood merely a localized event or was it a global catastrophe that judged and destroyed the world of that time?
Global Evidences of the Genesis Flood
| Answers in Genesis The Bible says that “all the fountains of the great deep” were broken up and water poured upward from inside the earth for 150 days. A catastrophe as swift and wide-spreading as a global flood would leave marks on the continents across the globe, even 4,500 years later—and that is exactly what we see today.
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Tough Questions About the Flood
| Answers in Genesis Dr. Andrew Snelling, AiG–U.S., helps a fellow Aussie understand some of the tough aspects of the Flood and how science works from a biblical point of view.
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Noah’s Flood: a Unique, Historical, Yearlong, Global Catastrophe
| Answers in Genesis Did the flood really happen? Or is it a myth? Was it global? Or was it a local flood in the Mesopotamian Valley of the Tigris and Euphrates rivers (modern-day Iraq) and just described in exaggerated language (hyperbole)? Was it a peaceful flood? And does it matter anyway?
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Floating Log Rafts
| Answers in Genesis The biogeographic importance of log and vegetation mats is slowly gaining popularity, even in the mainstream scientific community. It is encouraging to see that creationist models are now being posited in mainstream scientific papers as legitimate and better explanatory concepts than previous evolutionary models.
Defense—A Local Flood?
| Answers in Genesis If they are to be consistent, old-earth creationists are forced to believe in a local flood. Can they provide adequate responses to the prosecution’s case?
Genesis and Catastrophe
| Answers in Genesis While there may have been some localised post-Flood disasters, the sedimentary deposits of a continental scale can only have been deposited by the Flood.
Did Noah’s Flood Cover the Whole Earth?
| Answers in Genesis Not too long ago, a scientist who claims to believe the Bible and calls himself a creationist, came to the Institute for Creation Research to confront us with our error of teaching a recent creation.
Flood Legends
| Answers in Genesis Flood legends abound globally across many distinct cultures. These legends point to the reality of the global Flood and the integrity of the account in Genesis.
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The Background of the Gilgamesh Epic
| Answers in Genesis The Sumerian story of Ziusudra, the Akkadian Atrahasis Epic, and the Gilgamesh Epic are the renowned flood accounts written in the Ancient Near East, in addition to the Genesis account.
A Comparison from Secular Historical Records
| Answers in Genesis Examines the flood accounts in light of secular history, including ancient man's theology, the record of the descendants of the survivors, the various flood traditions, and the search for the ark.
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Flood Legends
| Answers in Genesis There are hundreds of stories and legends about a worldwide flood. Why do diverse cultures share a strikingly similar story?
Australian Aboriginal Flood Stories
| Answers in Genesis Unknown to most people, the Australian Aborigines have many traditions surprisingly similar to parts of the book of Genesis, especially those regarding Creation and Noah’s Flood.
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The Myth of the Flood Myth
| Answers in Genesis Is the Genesis flood account (in Genesis 6–9) merely a borrowed story or a fictional tale lifted from a neighboring nation? The way we answer this question has massive implications for how we see the Bible, and therefore how we view God and even ourselves.
A Comparison of Specifics
| Answers in Genesis In the Gilgamesh Epic, the survivors are Utnapishtim, all of his family and kin, and the craftmen (XI 84–85), and yet their exact number is not mentioned.
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Conclusion
| Answers in Genesis After examination, the Genesis account of the flood is verified as the historically valid flood account.
Aboriginal Flood Legend
| Answers in Genesis It is the worldwide existence of traditional stories, such as this one from the Australian Aboriginals, which provides evidence that the common ancestor of today’s races was Noah.
Radically Erosive Raindrops!
| Answers in Genesis New research indicates that raindrops can act as powerful erosion agents, dramatically altering landscapes and transporting significant amounts of sediment.
A Flood of Evidence
| Answers in Genesis Christians need not be intimidated by “scientific” pronouncements that deny the clear words of Genesis. Evidences for the flood are everywhere if your assumptions don’t blind you to them.
Where Did All the Floodwater Go?
| Answers in Genesis Where is all that water [from the Flood] now? The short answer to this Facebook question is that our planet is called the “Blue Planet” for a reason! It’s covered in 70% water, so the water from the Flood is still here, making up our oceans!
Did Meteors Trigger Noah’s Flood?
| Answers in Genesis Have you ever wondered what triggered the Genesis Flood? Genesis 7:11 tells us that a unique geologic event took place at the same moment as the Flood began. Geologists are uncovering evidence that meteors struck the earth throughout the Flood. Could they even have played a role in starting the Flood?
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Find a Rainbow Day
| Answers in Genesis April 3 is “Find a Rainbow Day.” People love rainbows. They’re part of legends and fairytales: leprechauns find gold at the rainbow’s end, unicorns leave them in their trails, Dorothy dreams of lands beyond them. But there’s more to rainbows than fantasy.
How Did Plants Survive the Flood?
| Answers in Genesis Many critics of the Genesis account of history scoff at the idea of plants and seeds lasting for a year in fresh and salt water, therefore discounting the biblical account of the Flood.
Supersized Landslides
| Answers in Genesis According to God’s Word, the great Flood of Noah’s day was the most devastating catastrophe in history. Noah’s Flood ripped apart the earth. We’re not talking about boulders but whole mountains. In some places, slabs the size of cities slid dozens of miles in minutes.
Flood Models
| Answers in Genesis We did not, and do not, propose that 'most of the fossils found on the earth were buried by post-Flood catastrophes'.
Coal, Volcanism and Noah’s Flood
| Answers in Genesis Applying the explosive pyroclastic volcanism model to the formation of coal deposits, it is entirely feasible that all the coal seams were formed by the conditions during Noah's Flood.
A Christian Equips Atheists to Debate Christians
| Answers in Genesis In “Twenty-One Reasons Noah’s Worldwide Flood Never Happened,” the author, Lorence G. Collins, a geologist, critiques the idea of a global Flood, claiming the evidence simply doesn’t support such an idea. The sad thing about the article is that Dr. Collins is a professing Christian.
The Word of God
| Answers in Genesis Does the Bible really have inherent authority to be considered the ultimate standard of truth for Christians?
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Science and Biblical Authority
| Answers in Genesis Why do Christians believe the Bible doesn’t serve as a foundation for biology, geology, and astronomy? Dr. Georgia Purdom, AiG–U.S., examines the issue.
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What Is a Biblical Worldview?
| Answers in Genesis Recent generations have been brought up to see the Bible as a book that contains many interesting stories and religious teaching, but has no connection to reality.
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Trusting the Text
| Answers in Genesis Without the original texts of the Bible in our hands, how can we be sure our surviving copies don’t contain lots of mistakes?
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The Canon of Scripture
| Answers in Genesis Although the original documents have been lost, we can be sure that the original words have been preserved in the copies we possess today.
The Battle for Biblical Authority
| Answers in Genesis Because Avery Foley has seen firsthand the moral decline
in her own country of Canada and the Western world
at large, she is passionate about equipping Christians
to stand on God’s Word.
Biblical Teaching “Incompatible with Human Dignity”?
| Answers in Genesis When it comes to the question of gender, God’s Word is clear, “So God created man in his own image . . . male and female he created them” (Genesis 1:27). God has created humans male and female. That clear biblical teaching has recently been declared “incompatible with human dignity” by a British court.
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The Apostle Paul’s Use of Genesis 1–3 in Romans 1
| Answers in Genesis In Romans 1 Paul uses Genesis 1–3 in a very specific way, applying it to the pagan cultures of his own day, which bears a striking resemblance to our Western culture now. In Romans 1, we can see Paul using Genesis 1–3, as he develops what pagans do in their response to God’s revelation of himself in creation.
Less Than 5% of Australian Freshmen Are Creationists
| Answers in Genesis An easy way to gauge how a culture is treating God’s Word is by looking at their beliefs about origins. An Australian secular humanist and anti-God professor, Michael Archer, has been polling first-year university students for 32 years regarding their beliefs about origins.
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A Message that Inspires . . . and Infuriates
| Answers in Genesis What makes the Creation Museum, Ark Encounter, and the message of AiG so powerful? And why are these two outreaches so inspiring to Christians and infuriating to atheists? Two words: biblical authority. You see, the core message of AiG is that all of God’s Word is true, from Genesis to Revelation!
Welcome to the War
| Answers in Genesis The battle has now come home again, where many—if not almost all—of our Christian institutions of higher learning are turning out to be “already compromised.”
Idolatry of the Bible
| Answers in Genesis Those who accept God’s clear words in Genesis as true history are often accused of worshipping the Bible and exalting it above Christ Himself.
Why 66?
| Answers in Genesis The Bible is composed of 66 books by 40 different writers over 1,500 years, yet it has one consistent storyline running all the way through, and it has just one ultimate author — God.
3. Unity of the Bible
| Answers in Genesis The Bible is unlike any other religious book. Despite 40 authors writing from three continents over nearly two thousand years, it maintains perfect consistency.
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“Let There Be Light”
| Answers in Genesis Throughout their writings about the Savior, the apostles referred to Genesis 1 as a certain historical fact that points to eternal spiritual truths
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The Battle of Bible Translation
| Answers in Genesis “. . . the Father has sent the Son as Savior of the world. Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God” (1 John 4:14–15).
The Preservation of the Bible
| Answers in Genesis One of the most amazing testimonies to Scripture’s truth is its preservation over thousands of years despite sometimes intense efforts to destroy it.
Where’s the Love?
| Answers in Genesis Our confidence rests in the certainty of our starting points—the promises of God and the certainties of His Word.
An Israeli Algorithm Illuminates Biblical Authorship
| Answers in Genesis An Israeli team of computer scientists has developed software to analyze literary authorship and applied their technique to the Bible. By analyzing literary styles and word choices, they tried to scientifically assess the authorship of portions of the Old Testament.
Putting the Bible Back in Schools
| Answers in Genesis The National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools (NCBCPS), a nonprofit educational organization based in North Carolina, exists to promote the study of the Bible as an elective.
If Ye Believe Not
| Answers in Genesis Many professing Christians attempt to embrace Jesus as Savior while rejecting Him as Creator. They put their faith in evolution to explain man’s origin.
Revelation and Science
| Answers in Genesis No direct observation or test can be made on any action or event in the past, and therefore such actions or events lie beyond the reach of normal scientific investigation.
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Tower of Babel
| Answers in Genesis The Tower of Babel, where God divided the languages, is the correct starting point for understanding the origin of language, culture, and the people groups.
The World in Revolt
| Answers in Genesis Nations that once feared God now ignore Him and despise His Word. Not much has changed in the lst four thousand years, since Babel.
How Many Races Did God Create?
| Answers in Genesis Some people think the Bible justifies their racist attitudes. Yet when we examine what the Bible says about the origin of different people groups, we find a different story.
How is Language Driven?
| Answers in Genesis “But if universal grammar did not evolve by natural selection, how could it have arisen?” That’s one question posed by a recent study—one we can certainly answer!
Did People Groups form Before Babel?
| Answers in Genesis What we have in Genesis 10 is a general overview of what happened, but then Genesis 11 goes into more detail of why and how the nations were divided according to their languages.
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Apes, Words and People
| Answers in Genesis Many years ago a friend of mine said, in response to my biblical challenge to his theistic evolutionary ideas, ‘If God didn’t evolve us from apes, why did He make us to look so much like them?’ I didn
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Babel
| Answers in Genesis God’s judgment of the Tower of Babel was one of the greatest catastrophes in the history of the world. In one moment, a massive, highly complex building project, involving the entire human race, came
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Talking Point
| Answers in Genesis One of the great mysteries of life is the origin of language. We use it every day to communicate with each other, but how did it begin?
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Overcoming Babel!
| Answers in Genesis Praise the Lord we are able to take the creation/gospel message into other languages to restore the truth they once had and preach the true history of the world.
Creation Scientists
| Answers in Genesis Secular scientists often boldly declare that creationists aren’t “real” scientists. History and many modern, well-educated scientists would disagree!
The Misplaced Faith of Isaac Newton
| Answers in Genesis Virtually every aspect of modern life rests, in some way, on Isaac Newton’s findings. So it’s no surprise that everyone, even biblical creationists, wants to claim him as their hero. But we need to be careful. Whose side is he really on?
Does Isaac Newton’s God Exist?
| Answers in Genesis Dr. Andrew Fabich compares Isaac Newton’s worldview to the “neomodern” worldview that developed after Albert Einstein—and how it relates Elon Musk’s SpaceX.
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Gregor Mendel: No Darwinian
| Answers in Genesis Gregor Mendel is perhaps one of the most well-known scientists in history. He has been lionized as the “Father of genetics” and a man so far ahead of his time that, though his work was lost for well over thirty years, it was rediscovered and became the foundation of modern genetics.
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What's Happening in Our Research Department?
| Answers in Genesis What do blood cells in a fossilized insect, Noah’s sons, dinosaur soft tissue, the Grand Canyon, and stars all have in common? They are topics of AiG research projects. Our research department, with several PhD scientists, is involved with all of them to one degree or another. Let me fill you in on some of the details.
DeYoung Contribution to Biblical Creation Noted and Honored
| Answers in Genesis A key figure and a contributing voice in the Answers in Genesis ministry for many years has been Dr. Donald B. DeYoung, who retired in May of 2018 from serving on the science faculty of Grace College in Winona Lake, Indiana, the past 46 years.
Change for the Better
| Answers in Genesis Tommy Mitchell is now a speaker for Answers in Genesis, but for years in medical practice, he knew Christ and still accepted evolution.
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Picture This
| Answers in Genesis Seeing how powerfully God displays His nature through His creation (Romans 1:20), Stew Turner decided to integrate his photographs into his creation ministry.
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The Nature of the Debate
| Answers in Genesis We must consider why the scriptural geologists wrote on this subject, summarize the contemporary reactions to their writings, and then analyze the reasons for the reactions of their opponents.
Marching On!
| Answers in Genesis Wherever there are bushfires, floods, or the personal tragedies of homelessness or poverty, the familiar uniform of the Salvation Army is seen.
Creationist Crimefighter
| Answers in Genesis When I was interviewing Gary, I was fascinated by the thought of a Christian arresting people, and the like—so he asked me to spend a day with him.
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Historical Setting
| Answers in Genesis The scriptural geologists in Britain in the first half of the nineteenth century tenaciously defended Genesis 1–11 as a reliable historical account.
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Sir Francis Bacon
| Answers in Genesis Francis Bacon, Lord Chancellor of England, is usually considered to be the man primarily responsible for the formulation and establishment of the so-called “scientific method” in science.
The “King” of Hearts
| Answers in Genesis A retired research chemist, John King’s passion is to tell young people and adults that the Bible can be trusted, from Genesis to the gospel message and beyond.
Henry Cole
| Answers in Genesis Although numbered among the early 19th century scriptural geologists, Henry Cole was largely ignorant of the facts of geology.
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George Bugg
| Answers in Genesis An evangelical Anglican pastor, George Bugg faced difficulties and controversies within the church because of his uncompromising stand on the Scriptures as ‘strictly and literally true’.
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Thomas Gisborne
| Answers in Genesis Thomas Gisborne was a highly respected and nationally influential evangelical Anglican minister in early nineteenth century Britain.
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Granville Penn
| Answers in Genesis At a time when many early geologists were abandoning Genesis, Granville Penn made a courageous stand in defence of the Scriptures in his book.
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James Mellor Brown
| Answers in Genesis In 1838, James M. Brown wrote a 56-page pamphlet entitled Reflections on Geology, in which he critiqued the geological views of William Buckland and John Pye Smith.
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Andrew Ure
| Answers in Genesis Andrew Ure was one of the top chemists of his day with an international reputation as a meticulous scientist, a prolific writer and an effective teacher.
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Rev. Samuel Best
| Answers in Genesis Samuel Best devoted his clerical life to serving the people of Abbots Ann near Andover. His great heart was for the people and he demonstrated this through the establishment of a primary school.
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George Fairholme
| Answers in Genesis George Fairholme was an enthusiastic and competent geologist, well read in the leading geological literature of his time, British and foreign.
Famous Creation Scientists
| Answers in Genesis In 1969, John, you were awarded the M.B.E. by the Queen for the major part you played in the development of a biological solution to the cactus problem.
Arthur Jones, Biology
| Answers in Genesis Many of the great scientists of the past were committed Christians and many of those were consciously exploring the implications of their Christian faith for science.
Ariel A. Roth, Biology
| Answers in Genesis When I consider the great questions of origins from a broad perspective, the biblical model makes the most sense to me; it leaves fewer unanswered questions.
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Henry Zuill, Biology
| Answers in Genesis Biodiversity does not specify a six-day creation, it is not that finely focused, but it strongly supports such a possibility.
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Stanley A. Mumma, Architectural Engineering
| Answers in Genesis The reliability of the six literal 24-hour days creation model is important to me because no person whose mind works similar to mine would accept any of the Bible if the very first part were wrong.
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Paul Giem, Medical Research
| Answers in Genesis I believe that if we do our homework carefully enough, and without succumbing to bias, we will find that the Book, including a literal 6-day creation, will stand.
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A Surgeon Looks at Creation
| Answers in Genesis Dr. Warwick Glover is a general surgeon working in Melbourne, Australia. He is a Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Surgeons and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh.
Jack Cuozzo, Orthodontics
| Answers in Genesis I have found that the Bible is accurate when it describes time, and historical or scientific facts. This is why I believe in a literal six-day creation.
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Creation vs. Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Few debates get as heated as the debate between creation science and evolutionary science. The debate, in both secular and Christian circles, is far from over.
Creationism vs. Evolutionism
| Answers in Genesis In the creation/evolution controversy, much of the dispute would become clearer if writers would carefully provide readers/listeners with precise definitions of terminology.
We Aren't Worth Their Time
| Answers in Genesis A panel at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science tackled the often rocky relationship between science and religion.
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Evolutionary Call to Arms
| Answers in Genesis An evolutionary paleontologist wrote an article for Nature condemning the way creationists present the work of evolutionists, and he called for a more aggressive defense of evolution.
Right or Wrong in the Creation/Evolution Debate
| Answers in Genesis In the creation/evolution debate, only one group can be right. The literal Bible and evolution are fundamentally incompatible, no matter what compromised groups such as BioLogos attempt to argue. It therefore logically follows that if only one answer is right, the others are wrong.
Ken Ham / Jeff Zweerink Debate Responses
| Answers in Genesis A few weeks ago, Answers in Genesis founder and CEO Ken Ham conducted a radio debate with Dr. Jeff Zweerink, a visiting research scholar with the old-earth organization Reasons to Believe on the Unbelievable radio program and podcast, hosted by Justin Brierley for Premier Christian radio in the UK.
Fifth Anniversary of the Debate Watched by Millions
| Answers in Genesis This day five years ago, on February 4, 2014, I was finishing up final preparations for the presentation I would make that evening during my debate with iconic TV personality, ardent atheist, and evolutionist, Bill Nye, “the Science Guy.” It’s hard to believe it’s already been five years since that momentous occasion!
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War on Belief
| Answers in Genesis Being featured in a two-page spread in National Geographic is not always a compliment for Christians.
Bill Nye’s Gift to Ken Ham
| Answers in Genesis The debate with Bill Nye really illustrated the clash of two worldviews—choosing to decide truth for ourselves instead of trusting God’s Word.
The Debate Has Changed
| Answers in Genesis Within the first three minutes of the Ken Ham vs. Bill Nye debate, it was obvious how radically the creation-evolution debate has changed since the 1970s and 1980s.
Creation or Evolution: Yes, We Have to Choose
| Answers in Genesis Biblical truth should not be just a starting point—our whole philosophy and worldview should be submitted to the acid test of biblical authority. That includes our interpretation of scientific data.
Introduction: Evolving Tactics
| Answers in Genesis Over the past 30 years of Ken Ham’s personal experience in the biblical creation ministry, he has observed “evolving” (in the sense of “changing”) tactics used by prominent secularists.
The Evils of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis The growing acceptance of atheistic evolution has resulted in many rejecting God as Created. Over the years, many have used evolution to justify sinful behavior.
The Debate Continues
| Answers in Genesis On February 4, more than seven million people tuned in online to watch Ken Ham debate Bill Nye on whether creation is a viable model of origins in the modern era.
A Heavy Responsibility
| Answers in Genesis Ken Ham considers the heavy responsibility of representing Christianity to both the Christian and secular world who would be watching the debate with Bill Nye.
Debate Reactions Mixed
| Answers in Genesis The debate between Ken Ham and Bill Nye “the Science Guy” on February 4 has evoked some strong and incredibly mixed reactions from the media, atheist bloggers, and Christians.
It’s Nye Time to Order Debate Tickets
| Answers in Genesis Tickets sold out within minutes for the debate between TV’s personality Bill Nye “the Science Guy” and Answers in Genesis president Ken Ham, to be held at the Creation Museum.
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Evolving Tactics
| Answers in Genesis Over the past 30 years, I have observed evolving tactics used by secularists to respond to arguments from creationist scholars and researchers.
Bias and Faith
| Answers in Genesis The clash between creation science and evolution science is thus not a clash between science and religion at all, but between two competing world views.
A Field Day for Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Some science museums can be dull institutions that don’t elicit much excitement. Yet they are increasingly becoming culture war battlegrounds.
Leaving Creation Behind
| Answers in Genesis A reader tells us that he has left “creationist principles” behind because of “mainstream science,” but as Roger Patterson, AiG–U.S., points out, the Bible is what was ultimately left behind.
Can’t We All Just Get Along?
| Answers in Genesis That is what several scientists and a religious historian seemed to be asking and answering at a forum I attended last Wednesday at COSI entitled, “Intersection of Faith & Evolution: A Civil Dialogue”
Evolutionists Target Children
| Answers in Genesis This traveling “science” exhibit is designed to indoctrinate young children across America in a morally bankrupt faith-based belief system: the evolution of man from non-living matter!
Bad Medicine
| Answers in Genesis The rise of the creation movement in Great Britain is prompting evolutionists to increasingly partner with the media in a counteroffensive.
World Takes on Evolution
| Answers in Genesis This year’s recipient of World magazine’s ‘Daniel of the Year’ award—who is featured on the cover of its 13 December issue—is prominent anti-evolution author and speaker Phillip Johnson.
Intelligent Design
| Answers in Genesis Intelligent Design, with its arguments for irreducible complexity, seems like a good alternative to the evolutionary worldview, but is the ID movement Christian?
Us vs. Them?
| Answers in Genesis It’s the sort of headline that both excites us and worries us: will National Geographic News’s portrayal of “evolution vs. intelligent design” be fair and balanced?
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Is Intelligent Design Dead?
| Answers in Genesis We can all agree that evidence of intelligent design has been “shot down.” But is it good science or biased presuppositions that is doing the “shooting”?
A Meeting of Minds
| Answers in Genesis Two of the better-known challengers of the evolutionary belief system met in Nashville, Tennessee, on Tuesday to discuss ways that the upcoming movie Expelled can have a major impact.
Florida School to Discuss Intelligent Design?
| Answers in Genesis The Lakeland Ledger reports this week that a majority of Polk County school board members support supplementing public school evolution education with discussions of intelligent design. Polk County is home to more than half a million people, and thus an evolution education battle in the county could draw major media coverage.
ID and President Bush—the Deeper Issues
| Answers in Genesis The Intelligent Design Movement can present great dangers for the church if Christians do not understand the real nature of this movement. I have written a critique of statements made by a leading ID proponent, Dr. William Dembski, who commented on President George Bush’s recent statement about ID and public schools.
Amen to “BreakPoint”
| Answers in Genesis Chuck Colson offered some excellent analysis on his nationwide radio program about the federal court case in Pennsylvania, USA regarding evolution and intelligent design in public schools.
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The Rhetoric of Design
| Answers in Genesis The Intelligent Design (ID) movement is a new factor in the origins debate. Woodward, an expert in rhetorical analysis, offers readers an insightful work tracing the history of ID and it's rhetoric.
USA President Bush on Origins
| Answers in Genesis President Bush's recent remarks (August 1) that endorsed public school children learning about intelligent design alongside evolution are drawing praise from some and criticism from others.
Baylor Bailout?
| Answers in Genesis Over the past 20 years, the Southern Baptist Convention has been making great strides in becoming more conservative theologically and standing for the inerrancy of Scripture.
Evolution
| Answers in Genesis What is “evolution,” and how does it relate to creation? Discover how evolution supposedly works, its history, myths, and effect on Christian theology.
Evolution’s Surprising New Critics
| Answers in Genesis Prominent scientists are speaking out against Darwinian evolution, and they’re not even creationists. New findings are raising more questions than answers for the standard Darwinian view, and even evolutionary scientists find it difficult to ignore the implications.
Lizard-Men Evolution or Rubbish Theory?
| Answers in Genesis You may have seen headlines recently with phrases like “lizard-men,” “leftovers from our lizard evolution,” or even “human embryos go through lizard stage.” These headlines were reporting on a study that claims that human embryos supposedly have muscles not found in adult humans, but are found in lizards.
Evolution: A Fairy Tale
| Answers in Genesis Secularists take aim at biblical Christianity because of supernaturalism—what they often forget is just how “miraculous” the evolutionary origin story is.
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Evolution & the Supreme Court
| Answers in Genesis These Supreme Court decisions have documented the harm that Darwinism has caused in society by rejecting the Genesis teaching that all people groups are part of the same race, the human race.
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Rapid Human Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists at Flinders University in Australia report that a growing number of babies are born without their wisdom teeth (third molars) and claim this shows that humans are evolving at their fastest rate for 250 years.
Squirrels Produce Squirrels
| Answers in Genesis A study reports that 1% of squirrels in North America have black fur. This study found that the black fur is caused by a variant form of the same gene in both gray and fox (red) squirrels. They believe the most likely explanation is both squirrel species have this same variation because of interbreeding.
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Yale Professor “The Origin of Species Is Exactly What Darwin Cannot Explain.”
| Answers in Genesis Was Darwin’s On the Origin of Species correct? Have all living organisms evolved? Not according to a column published by Yale professor David Gelernter. Gelernter suggests that many scientists hold their beliefs with a “religious fervor.” Of course, they have, they have a religion, the religion of naturalism (atheism).
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Ravens Are Evolving Into . . . Ravens
| Answers in Genesis Examples of adaptation, speciation, and natural selection are used as evidence for molecules-to-man evolution—but they’re not! What they show are examples of what God’s Word teaches—everything reproduces according to their kinds. And, according to a new study, ravens produce—you guessed it—ravens!
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Big Bang
| Answers in Genesis Does observational science support the big bang, the idea that 13 billion years ago all matter came from nothing and eventually formed everything we see today?
The Big Bang?
| Answers in Genesis Many people believe that the big bang is compatible with the biblical account of Creation. However, in order to make the big bang fit into the Bible, the biblical explanation is rearranged.
The Axis of Evil and the Cold Spot—Sear-ious Problems for the Big Bang?
| Answers in Genesis The linchpin for the big bang remains the existence of the CMB, the one clear prediction of the model. However, as is often the case, the devil is in the details. It’s ironic that the very thing that supposedly is the proof of the big bang model may turn out to be its undoing.
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Two Big Bangs?
| Answers in Genesis How did the universe begin? The explanation of a new hypothesis of “two Big Bangs” reads exactly like fiction—because it is!
Is the Universe Expanding?
| Answers in Genesis Why astronomers believe in an expanding universe, how the universe isn’t “expanding into” anything, and the reasons biblical creationists should be careful when arguing against the big bang
No Beginning for the Big Bang?
| Answers in Genesis Those who claim to see the big bang in the Bible start by assuming the big bang model is true and then read the big bang into the Bible. This return to an eternal universe within the big bang model is indicative of the foolishness of relying upon man’s ideas to interpret Scripture.
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Massive Galaxies in the Early Universe
| Answers in Genesis A new study raises another problem that no one seems to be talking about. The big bang model posits that the universe began with only hydrogen and helium, and a very tiny amount of lithium. But cosmic dust is made of heavier elements, such as silicon, oxygen, and iron. Where did this galaxy dust come from?
Is a Second Big Bang Coming?
| Answers in Genesis “Our universe may end the same way it was created: with a big, sudden bang.” This is the opening line of a recent article on Business Insider. This article highlighted research from a group of Harvard physicists who claim the universe might end with an “instantaneous bang” in 10139 years.
Inflated Claims
| Answers in Genesis Astronomers claim they finally have tangible proof of the big bang, thanks in part to a radio telescope in Antarctica that detected gravitational waves.
The Big Bang
| Answers in Genesis How did this universe come into existence? Did God use “natural” methods to create the universe, or did He create everything supernaturally?
Vatican Backs the Big Bang Theory
| Answers in Genesis Based on the press reports, the Roman Catholic Church continues to accept the big bang model of universal origins, but the pope makes it clear that believers should still see a divine mind behind the bang.
Scientists Found Nothing, Delighted
| Answers in Genesis News flash: nothing has been found in the universe, reports a University of Minnesota team of astronomers—or, at least, that they have found an “enormous void” in space with nothing in it.
A Not-So-Nobel Effort
| Answers in Genesis Scientists George Smoot and John Mather were acknowledged for “work that helped cement the big-bang theory of the universe and deepen understanding of the origin of galaxies and stars.”
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Inflating?
| Answers in Genesis As the press extensively reported last spring, evidence for inflation in the universe has been found, supposedly providing a firmer foundation for the big bang theory
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A Nobel Notion?
| Answers in Genesis The big bang model still does not answer the fundamental questions of where the original matter came from or what caused it to begin expanding.
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A "New" Big Bang (Theory)
| Answers in Genesis A few scientists, most prominently Cambridge’s Neil Turok and Princeton’s Paul Steinhardt, have proposed a “revolutionary model of how the universe began,” which is angering traditional advocates of big bang model.
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‘One Issue’
| Answers in Genesis One person writes to AiG with concerns about the scientific credentials of creationists and the importance of the age of the earth in Christianity.
What About the Big Bang?
| Answers in Genesis Stephen W. Hawking, identifies the ultimate question behind everything. 'Today we still yearn to know why we are here and where we came from.'
Big Bang Documentary a Big-Budget Dud!
| Answers in Genesis You don’t have to be a Bible-believing Christian any more to recognize that the “big bang” theory is an illogical and poor scientific explanation for the origin of our universe.
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Has the 'Big Bang' Been Proved?
| Answers in Genesis All around the world, newspaper headlines have exulted about a recent discovery of ‘ripples’ of temperature in deep space which they claim ‘proves’ the idea of a ‘big bang’.
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Big Bang May be a Fizzer!
| Answers in Genesis One of the best ‘proofs’ of the evolutionary big bang idea was believed to be background radiation coming from all directions. This was postulated to be the residual ‘echo’ of this imagined fireball.
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Charles Darwin
| Answers in Genesis Charles Darwin, famed author of Origin of Species, is remembered as the man who popularized evolution. Have the last 200 years of research proved his ideas?
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Darwinism
| Answers in Genesis Is Darwinism science, with its inherent naturalistic and atheistic ideas, or is it a faith-based religion?
Jewish Scientists Who Oppose Darwinism
| Answers in Genesis The claim that all, or most all, Darwin-doubters are fundamentalist Christians is commonly found in both in the popular and professional scholarly literature. But is this claim misleading?
Darwin on the Road
| Answers in Genesis A team of evolutionary scientists accepted the Great Commission for their Cause by going on the road to preach to the “yokels and morons” in America’s heartland.
Darwin, Design, and the Brain
| Answers in Genesis Darwin claimed that a brain that evolved could not adequately detect design. But he did not consider his own presuppositional beliefs or the implications of such an argument.
More Peeks at Darwin’s Beaks
| Answers in Genesis When Darwin went to the Galapagos Islands off the coast of Ecuador, he noticed that island finches had developed a variety of beak sizes, and he speculated on how that happened.
The Continual Evolutionary Hype
| Answers in Genesis I am very impressed with the quality of your presentation, with the media savvy with which you present your case, and the quality and clarity of your responses to evolutionary questions.
Darwinism—A Cult?
| Answers in Genesis Sometimes logic and reason against the tide of evolutionary indoctrination come to the fore in surprising places.
Presidents and Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Apathy about Genesis and origins by the Church has meant that the world-view of society’s leaders and opinion-makers is thoroughly evolutionized.
Antidote to Superstition
| Answers in Genesis One of the dominant themes of our time is the heroic struggle of the forces of science and reason against the backwardness of ignorance and superstition.
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Darwinian Fundamentalists …
| Answers in Genesis In recent months several commentators outside mainstream creationist circles have referred to zealous evolutionary scientists as ‘fundamentalists’. The label is more appropriate than it may seem.
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Alice in Evolution Land
| Answers in Genesis To those who still dogmatically advocate that all this new reality is the result of pure chance one can only reply, like Alice, incredulous in the face of the contradictory logic of the Red Queen…
Evolution and English Literature
| Answers in Genesis We cannot fail to notice the extent to which contemporary ideas, be they political, scientific, or sociological, color the sorts of subjects and themes of the contemporary writers.
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Charles Darwin Biography
| Answers in Genesis Darwin was not an objective scientist concerned only with the data. His anti-God bias clearly paved the way for the development of Darwinian evolution.
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The Ghost of Darwin
| Answers in Genesis On February 12, 1809, in the modest town of Shrewsbury, England, Susannah Darwin gave birth to her now-famous son Charles in their family home called The Mount.
200 Lost Years
| Answers in Genesis Was Charles Darwin a devout Christian reluctantly persuaded by the scientific evidence or a product of a nationally declining belief in God’s Word?
The Faith of Darwin
| Answers in Genesis Charles Darwin was convinced that life’s origin didn’t involve a creator, even though there was no (and still is no) scientific explanation of how life could have begun without one.
‘The Child Is Father of the Man’
| Answers in Genesis Childhood is the most vital element in a person’s development. With this principle in mind, it may be illuminating to read of the attitudes of Charles Darwin in childhood.
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Did You Know?
| Answers in Genesis Darwin's later years were characterized by behaviors that may have been due to an illness of some kind.
Darwin Racism
| Answers in Genesis Charles Darwin’s evolutionary philosophy was fertile soil in which the atrocity of racism quickly took root and grew.
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Chapter 4: The Human Kind
| Answers in Genesis How Darwinian evolution is inherently racist demonstrated by crimes against Australian Aborigines and others, while the Bible summarizes a more hopeful, truthful picture of human equality
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Darwin’s Garden
| Answers in Genesis Chapter 1 of One Race One Blood: How Darwinian evolution inspired new forms of racism in Western civilization, resulting in untold human suffering and destruction
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The True Origin of the Species
| Answers in Genesis Chapter 3 of One Race One Blood: Now that we understand more about genetics, we know that the process of natural selection can never form new kinds of animals and plants: this revelation uproots the weeds of racism
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The Darwinian Foundation of Communism
| Answers in Genesis A review of the writings of the founders of communism shows that the theory of evolution, especially as taught by Darwin, was critically important in the development of modern communism.
Ota Benga
| Answers in Genesis One of the most fascinating stories about the effects of evolution on human relations is the story of Ota Benga, a pygmy who was put on display in a zoo.
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Dark Side of Darwin
| Answers in Genesis Are creationists the only ones pointing out the “dark side” (the perturbing implications) of Darwin’s view on life’s origins?
Darwin’s Sacred Cause?
| Answers in Genesis A recent book claims that Darwin’s hatred of slavery was foundational to his pursuit of his concepts of evolution. But what do Darwin’s words actually show?
Whitewashing
| Answers in Genesis In a strange twist on history, Charles Darwin is now credited with developing his evolutionary views to help fight racism and slavery.
Lawmakers Miss the Boat!
| Answers in Genesis The recent passage of a resolution in the State of Louisiana (US) House of Representatives earned more notoriety for what it left out than for what it actually said.
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Savages and Ancestors
| Answers in Genesis Many think that the idea of the evolution of man is a consequence of Darwin’s theories about the evolution of animals. However, the historical order actually runs the other way.
Hitler and Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Sir Arthur Keith was a British anthropologist, an atheistic evolutionist and an anti-Nazi, but he drew this chilling conclusion about Hitler.
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Darwin Day Topic
| Answers in Genesis On Darwin’s birthday each year, thousands celebrate “Darwin Day.” How should Christians respond to the unabashed worship of the father of evolution?
D-Day-February 12!
| Answers in Genesis In recent years, secular humanists have been increasingly celebrating ‘Darwin Day,’ commemorated annually on or near the birth date of evolution popularizer, Charles Darwin*–February 12.
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How Long Till Darwinmas?
| Answers in Genesis It seems Darwin is celebrated more widely with each passing year, with popular annual events including Evolution Sunday and Darwin Day. The New York Times examines how a celebration of the latter went off in a few fragments of small-town America.
The Year of Darwin
| Answers in Genesis A disturbing trend throughout the past 50 years has been the growing stridency and unabashed dogmatism of evolutionists.
Countering the Year of Darwin
| Answers in Genesis In 2009, Darwin’s sycophants will be hyping their hero, even in churches. But AiG has a host of conferences planned that will deflate the evolutionary zeal. It’s time that you prepare yourself to better defend and share the Word of God next year with a lost and dying world.
Deplatform Darwin
| Answers in Genesis Given the rush to “cancel” people, why do so many ignore one of the most influential racists from the nineteenth century, Charles Darwin?
Should We “Cancel” Charles Darwin?
| Answers in Genesis Most people are familiar with the “group shaming” concept of “cancel culture.” It’s defined as “the popular practice of withdrawing support for (i.e., canceling) public figures and companies after they have done or said something considered objectionable or offensive.
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Was Darwin a Christian?
| Answers in Genesis Much has been written about the religious views of Charles Darwin. What exactly did he believe and when? Did he “reject” Christianity? While it is true that Darwin’s ideas have caused great harm to the Church and have led many people to openly question the authority of the Bible, was Darwin a Christian?
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1,000 Scientists Sign Up to Dissent from Darwin
| Answers in Genesis Evolution is a bankrupt ideology that can’t explain biological origins. And scientists—many of whom are not creationists—are recognizing this. An online document called Dissent from Darwin has been signed by over 1,000 scientists, including many from highly respected institutions.
“One year of Replacing Darwin: What have we learned?”
| Answers in Genesis In October of 2017, Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson published Replacing Darwin, a book that answered decades-old criticism of creation science and held the potential to transform the origins debate. This October marks the one-year anniversary of this event. Have the beginnings of a revolution been realized?
Shipping Wars
| Answers in Genesis A new ship will soon be plying the turbulent waters of the evolution/creation debate: a replica of Darwin’s HMS Beagle, being built in Chile.
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Darwin’s Deathbed Confession—a Myth?
| Answers in Genesis Mark Looy, AiG–U.S., responds to a reader wanting more substantial information about the legitimacy of the story that Darwin renounced his evolutionary beliefs on his deathbed.
Darwin, the City
| Answers in Genesis Even the Chinese Communist Party Chairman Mao knew about this city located on the hot, isolated northern coastline of the Australian continent.
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Darwin Taught Male Superiority
| Answers in Genesis According to Darwinian theory, women were less evolved than men, and because of their smaller brains, they were “eternally primitive,” childlike, and more.
Darwin’s Propagation of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Creationists have occasionally pointed out that Charles Darwin wasn’t uniquely responsible for inventing the theory of evolution—not to belittle the British scientist, but rather to encourage a better understanding of the history of the idea.
Charles Darwin Wrong?
| Answers in Genesis Was Charles Darwin wrong? A few headlines this week have made the claim, but the news isn’t anything that will thrill creationists.
Darwin’s Sad Legacy
| Answers in Genesis What is not so commonly known is that there have been adverse parts of Darwin’s legacy that many of his followers have either denied or kept from public knowledge.
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Darwin and Lincoln
| Answers in Genesis Exactly 200 years ago today, two very famous people were born. Both men greatly impacted the world, but their legacies were quite different.
Church of England Offers Posthumous Apology to Darwin
| Answers in Genesis As part of the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Darwin’s birth, the Church of England is issuing an apology of sorts to Darwin for its previous “anti-evolutionary fervour.” The response from Darwin’s descendants? Thanks, but no thanks.
Was Darwin Wrong?
| Answers in Genesis Mount St. Helens in southwest Washington State, USA, has awakened, and lava is oozing out. The volcano’s renewed activity is being keenly watched by creationist geologists.
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Exposing the Presuppositions of Darwin
| Answers in Genesis I was brought up without religion and accepted the teachings of Darwin.... I could not accept the Bible as true when the Genesis account of our origins was the antithesis of the ‘facts’ of evolution.
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Deifying Darwin?
| Answers in Genesis The British nation today is sliding into moral and spiritual chaos as God’s Word is brought down while Darwin’s Origin of Species is exalted.
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The Darwin/Trotsky connection
| Answers in Genesis Leon Trotsky (1879-1940) was the organizer, propagandist, and military leader of the communist seizure of power in Russia following the revolution of 1917.
Charles Darwin and the Golden Rule
| Answers in Genesis How strange that the man who could make such a rational and obvious statement on the source of morality could also be the prime mover of the theory which has led to such a widespread disbelief in God.
All in the Mind
| Answers in Genesis The influence of belief in evolution upon the early developing psychoanalysis movement cannot be overemphasized.
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A Tale of Two Graves
| Answers in Genesis Having read about the great revivals of generations ago in Britain, I was shocked the first time I visited that country to realize there was hardly a vestige of biblical Christianity in public life.
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Evolutionary Rebel Attacks Darwin
| Answers in Genesis The reviewer of the book writes, ‘Evolutionary biology is currently beset by an almost bewildering array of diverse opinions.’ This contrasts with the impression gained by the general public.
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Probability of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Mathematical and probability calculations powerfully demonstrate the impossibility of biological evolution to produce the diversity and complexity of life.
Applying Probabilities to Evolution
| Answers in Genesis This article will mathematically model one simple aspect of cell formation and, using mathematical statistics, compute the expected waiting time for this structure to occur.
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Compelling Convergence
| Answers in Genesis A computer analysis comparing the bone strength of pelicans and whales is said to provide “compelling evidence” for convergent evolution. Because both pelicans and rorqual whales stretch their jaws wide to engulf large amounts of water along with their next meal, both need very strong jaws.
Evolution ‘Probably’ Happened?
| Answers in Genesis “I was reading several articles that you have on the possiblity of single self-replicating cell forming and I almost laughed at how one sided and stupid it was.”
A Look at Some Figures
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists generally believe that although the spontaneous generation of life from non-living matter was a highly improbable event, the amount of time available is long enough to overcome this problem.
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A Second Bombshell for Replacing Darwin?
| Answers in Genesis Consistent with the young-earth creation explanation for the origin of species, the scientific community recently observed the formation of a new bird species in real time. But how did this new species form? In a manner consistent with evolution? Or with YEC?
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A Bombshell for Replacing Darwin?
| Answers in Genesis The progress of science over the last 150 years has not only rebutted Darwin’s central arguments for evolution; it has also replaced them with an entirely different scientific explanation for the origin of species. Recent research on Darwin’s finches has confirmed this bold pronouncement.
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Evolution? Impossible!
| Answers in Genesis Evolution is often upheld as proven fact. This is far from the truth! Two simple arguments from observational science demonstrate that evolution is impossible.
Billions of People in Thousands of Years?
| Answers in Genesis Creationists are often asked, “How is it possible for the earth’s population to reach billions of people if the world is only about 6,000 years old and if there were just two humans in the beginning?”
Textbook Evolutionary Story Was . . . Wrong?
| Answers in Genesis Which evolved first—moth ears or bat echolocation? The “textbook” evolutionary story is that bats evolved the ability to make ultrasonic calls to hunt for moths Then moths evolved the ability to hear these calls and better evade the hunting mammals. Well, a new study says this whole story is backwards!
“Doubting Evolution Is like Believing the Earth Is Flat.”
| Answers in Genesis The fact that some people in history believed the earth to be flat highlights the fallibility of man’s reasoning. Throughout history, scientists’ confident assertions have later been disproven. To misrepresent and discredit creationists by comparing their position to a belief in a flat earth is a straw-man fallacy.
Ironing Out the Problems
| Answers in Genesis Several years ago scientists made a startling discovery that seemed to undermine the claim that dinosaurs lived over 65 million years ago.
Biological Evolution
| Answers in Genesis The evolution of life on earth from simple matter is accepted as a fact by secular science. The Bible—and the evidence—show a much different picture.
An Examination of Error
| Answers in Genesis What should one call it if pupils are taught something which is factually incorrect? Whose fault is it if pupils pick up factually incorrect information?
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A “165 Million Year” Surprise
| Answers in Genesis A “mysterious network” of mud springs on the edge of the ‘market town’ of Wootton Bassett, near Swindon, Wiltshire, England, has yielded a remarkable surprise.
Horse find defies evolution
| Answers in Genesis Most evolutionists believe that millions of years ago three-toed horses evolved into one-toed horses. Finding them together like this is in reality an embarrassment to the idea of evolution.
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To Make a Snake
| Answers in Genesis No one has ever seen a mutated lizard or snake which would give a clue as to how it could have evolved to become so legless, and yet so perfectly adapted to being a snake.
Taming of the Shrew['s Tree]
| Answers in Genesis Opposing the date of 140–80 million years old that some scientists ascribe to our (supposed) oldest mammalian ancestors, Wible, et al., conclude, based on an analysis of a shrewlike fossil, that mammals evolved “only” 65 million years ago.
Can Water Flow Uphill?
| Answers in Genesis Rivers flow downhill. Heat flows from a hot area to a cooler area. Clothes and shoes wear out, and buildings crumble if not maintained. But can water flow uphill?
“A New Beginning”
| Answers in Genesis The good news this month is the appearance of Michael Behe’s book, Darwin’s Black Box, published by the Free Press.
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Reflections on the Emperor’s New Clothes
| Answers in Genesis People who have great confidence in their own enlightenment and the inherent ability of man to solve the problems of humanity without divine aid are also vulnerable to pride and self-deception.
The Strange Case of the Yum Yum Dog
| Answers in Genesis he fabrication of a dog ancestor of the whales with a pre-recorded 'growl, growl, yum, yum, yum' voice, all from a supposed single tooth, was more than I could swallow.
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People Were Always People!
| Answers in Genesis According to evolutionists, Homo erectus was a separate species which evolved into Homo sapiens—even though the theory has been embarrassed by the finding of erectus and sapiens fossils.
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Mega Problems for Bat Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Say ‘bats’ and most people think of what are known as microbats—the echo-locating, usually insect-eating types. But there are also larger megabats, such as the fruit bats.
Horse Non-Sense
| Answers in Genesis In their attempts to prove evolution by the horse series, evolutionists grossly over-simplifiy and ignore some facts.
Mammals Present Some Milky Problems
| Answers in Genesis If the mammary glands, or breasts of animals that nurse their young, evolved slowly over millions of years, how did the young survive until these complex organs were perfected?
Human Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Are humans simply the by-product of evolution from an ape-like ancestor or were they lovingly fashioned by God in His own image?
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Lucy
| Answers in Genesis Was the australopithecine Lucy—most famous of all the supposed human ancestors—really a precursor to modern man, or was she simply an ape?
A Look at Lucy’s Legacy
| Answers in Genesis Perhaps more than any other fossil, Lucy is presented as “exhibit A” for evolutionists in their attempt to show that humans evolved from an ape-like ancestor.
Lucy: Did She Walk Like Us?
| Answers in Genesis Lucy is hailed as a missing link in our evolutionary lineage from ape-like ancestors. Did Lucy walk like us or does the evidence show her as a tree-dweller?
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Bringing Lucy to Life
| Answers in Genesis Lucy is the poster girl of human evolution, a member of the same family from which modern humans arose. At least, that’s how secular artists present her.
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Did Lucy Walk Upright?
| Answers in Genesis For over 20 years, Lucy or Australopithecus afarensis has been considered one of our first ‘ancestors’, mainly because it supposedly walked upright.
Interactive Lucy Image
| Answers in Genesis View an interactive 360° image of the Creation Museum’s model of Lucy, based on the fossil evidence of Australopithecus afarensis.
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Lucy Exposed
| Answers in Genesis On its fifth anniversary weekend, the Creation Museum opened a new high-tech exhibit on human origins.
A Giant Leap for Lucy
| Answers in Genesis The discovery of a new foot bone for Lucy teaches us a valuable lesson—the less evidence available, the more interpretation is needed to make any conclusions.
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Lucy on the Ground With High Heels
| Answers in Genesis “Lucy,” the name given to partial australopithecine remains found in Ethiopia in 1974, may seem like old news. But new research suggests that “if Lucy were alive today, she could fit in high heels or march for miles without breaking her feet”—evidence, researchers claim, that Lucy was an experienced upright walker.
They Love Lucy
| Answers in Genesis Ethiopia “loans” secular U.S. museums its famous native “daughter”—a supposedly 3.2 million-year-old hominid named Lucy.
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Lucy-Worship in Houston
| Answers in Genesis Lucy, the “holy grail” of evolution according to some pundits, has arrived and is now on display at the Houston Museum of Natural Science in Texas.
Farewell to “Lucy”
| Answers in Genesis The field of paleoanthropology and the evolution of man is more fraught with controversy than probably any other field of evolutionary studies.
What Makes Us Human?
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists say that man is just an animal, descended from an ape-like ancestor. However, humans show features that clearly separate us from animals.
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What Does It Mean to Be Human?
| Answers in Genesis Is being human just a matter of accumulating qualities that humans have, even if evolutionists could find a way that ape-like creatures could have done so?
How Did We Get So Smart?
| Answers in Genesis Noticing the intellectual reputation of Neanderthals, it’s worth recalling how a person’s worldview colors his interpretation of data about human origins.
Tools of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Wooden tools used by African chimpanzees have some evolutionists excited. Researchers have observed chimps in Senegal making spears out of tree branches and then using them.
Simian Sign Language
| Answers in Genesis Simian use of gestures is the latest evidence of evolution—at least, that’s the impression given by a BBC NEWS article describing research into how bonobos and chimpanzees communicate.
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Talking Monkeys
| Answers in Genesis An eccentric German, named Von Osten, set out to show that animals were as clever as men. He spent two years educating a horse which became known as Clever Hans.
Human Cooperation—the Result of a Belief in Angry Gods?
| Answers in Genesis How did humans start cooperating with one another? This question is an evolutionary puzzle, and the supposed evolution of religion is often considered an answer for how humans began working together. A recent study suggests the belief in “punitive gods” who caused our evolutionary ancestors to begin cooperating.
Evolutionary Anthropologists Finding Answers
| Answers in Genesis Two perennial questions for evolutionary anthropologists are how humans began walking upright and how humans began to make and use stone tools. For one team of scientists, the answers are intertwined.
Social Tests Flounder Apes
| Answers in Genesis A Congolese study headed by doctoral student Esther Herrmann and her advisor, Michael Tomasello, both of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Leipzig, Germany, is the latest research to highlight humans’ intellectual distinction from apes.
Cavemen
| Answers in Genesis Was early man truly a stone-age, lumbering brute grunting his way toward primitive language? The evidence says the opposite—early man was intelligent!
Cave Dwellers—Are They Ancient?
| Answers in Genesis In spite of all that archaeologists and anthropologists contend about these early Stone Age cultures and their supposed long ages, it simply cannot be true.
The Making of a Caveman
| Answers in Genesis The face of Neanderthal on the cover of this issue of Answers was sculpted and designed over a plaster cast of an actual Neanderthal skull.
On the Skeleton's Orientation
| Answers in Genesis In portraying cavemen as dimwits, popular stereotypes often show them as unkempt—and recklessly heterosexual—brutes: claiming brides by clubbing cavewomen over the head and dragging them away. But less frequently portrayed are “homosexual cavemen,” like the one supposedly unearthed in a Prague suburb.
Sharp Survivorman
| Answers in Genesis Stone blades from more than 500,000 years ago: the work of an alleged human ancestor or someone playing Survivorman?
Kinver Caveman
| Answers in Genesis What comes into your mind when you hear the word “cavemen”? We have been so evolutionised that I suspect the majority of people immediately think of hairy, brutish men usually dressed in animal skins.
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Bone Ice Skates Invented for Travel
| Answers in Genesis Human travelers from five millennia ago raced across icy lakes on skates made from animal bones, reports National Geographic News on research appearing in this month’s Linnean Society of London Biological Journal.
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Speak Like a Caveman
| Answers in Genesis Despite frequent caricatures of Neanderthals as mentally deficient, grunting cavemen, scientists continue to find evidence that Neanderthals were intelligent beings quite a lot like us.
The Amazing Cave People of Malta
| Answers in Genesis ‘Do you believe in cavemen?’ Sceptics think ‘gotcha!’ when they ask this question. They might know the Bible says that Adam’s descendants built great cities, but their ‘evidence’ shows otherwise.
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Walking with Cavemen—Fact or Fiction?
| Answers in Genesis Building on the popularity of walking with Dinosaurs (1999) and Walking with Beasts (2001), BBC and Discovery Channel have co-produced yet another evolutionary propaganda piece—Walking with Cavemen.
Ape-Man
| Answers in Genesis 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?
Is Their Model Upright?
| Answers in Genesis “This model should cause everyone to re-evaluate what they’ve said before”—the words of a Duke University professor whose research turns the origins of bipedal walking on its head.
Making Monkeys out of Man
| Answers in Genesis The evolutionist’s notion that man evolved by chance from ape-like creatures is largely based upon certain anatomical similarities between apes and men.
Ape vs. Man
| Answers in Genesis An exhibit to be installed this summer at the Creation Museum near Cincinnati tackles one of the icons of evolutionary thinking: homology.
Apes on the Run
| Answers in Genesis Most people believe the fossil record does support evolution because they are told this by others who confuse wishful thinking with facts.
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Australopithecus sediba
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Sediba Saga
| Answers in Genesis The latest questions about human evolution illustrate how the evolutionary worldview blinds its believers to what should be obvious.
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The Sad Case of Sediba
| Answers in Genesis A collection of a few fossils called Australopithecus sediba is being paraded as the oldest-known direct ancestor of Homo erectus.
Hominids
| Answers in Genesis 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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Denisovan Fossil Found in Tibet
| Answers in Genesis The first Denisovan fossil outside Siberia has been found. While anthropologists are excited at the find, the location of the fossil in Tibet raises some puzzling questions for the evolutionary view. What are Christians to think of this mysterious people group?
Gibbon the Opportunity . . .
| Answers in Genesis A recently discovered fossil of a gibbon-like creature is being hailed as a missing chapter in the history of apes, which evolutionists believe split into different lines before humans evolved. But is Pliobates cataloniae, found near Barcelona, really a long-lost cousin of ours?
New Find . . . Same Question
| Answers in Genesis The Naledi skeletons in South Africa, whose
discovery was announced last September, represent
the latest species declared to be a likely human
relative.
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Hominid Fever
| Answers in Genesis It seems these days that there are precious few ordinary human or ape fossils unearthed, rather they all have to be a missing link between the two.
A Tough Nut to Crack
| Answers in Genesis Since its discovery in 1959, Nutcracker Man has usually been depicted as walking upright (though only a skull had been discovered).
“X-Woman” to be Added to Human Lineage
| Answers in Genesis Neanderthals, move over: there may have been another “human lineage” walking on earth in recent history, known only from an individual called “X-woman” (elsewhere reported as “Woman X”)
Monkey Not Our Uncle
| Answers in Genesis Remember “Ida,” the missing link that wasn’t? In a Nature letter, scientists attack the lofty claims that surrounded the announcement of the fossil primate.
The Non-Transitions in ‘Human Evolution’—on Evolutionists’ Terms
| Answers in Genesis Commonly, apologists for evolution put up a bold front and try to deny that the tree of evolution is full of holes (or, more accurately, is mostly holes with just twigs at the end). It is therefore instructive whenever an article appears that is written by evolutionists who candidly acknowledged the major discontinuities in (alleged) evolutionary sequences.
New Hominin Skull from Kenya
| Answers in Genesis A new fossil discovery that is ‘dated’ as contemporaneous with Australopithecus afarensis in the middle Pliocene has caused paleoanthropologists to re-evaluate their interpretations.
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New Hominid Skull from Kenya
| Answers in Genesis The new fossil skull is quite distinct from A. afarensis, and has been given a new genus and species assignment--Kenyanthropus platyops, “flat-faced human from Kenya.”
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Kenyan Controversy
| Answers in Genesis Some well-intentioned but misguided Christians in Kenya have raised opposition to a new evolution display in their
country’s National Museum.
Hominid Hopes Dashed
| Answers in Genesis For several years, evolutionists have hailed the find nicknamed Toumai as the missing link between humans and an ape-like ancestor.
Meet “Ardi”
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists aren’t yet sure if they should call it a human ancestor, but one thing they do know is that “Ardi” does away with the idea of a “missing link.”
Missed the Memo; Forgot to Leave Africa
| Answers in Genesis A new fossil found in Kenya’s Rift Valley is shaking up the latest hypotheses about alleged ancient apes and their postulated connection to modern humans, chimpanzees, and gorillas.
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Review of New Fossils Found in Georgia
| Answers in Genesis A team reporting this week in the journal Nature announces the discovery of the remains of four individuals found at the site of a medieval castle at Dmanisi in the former Soviet republic of Georgia.
Skull Scratching
| Answers in Genesis In the evolutionary worldview, people have been slowly evolving—and improving—over millions of years. According to biblical anthropology, however, humans were created on the sixth day of creation.
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Skull Exhibits Confusing Characteristics
| Answers in Genesis A skull discovered in Romania is causing some head-scratching among evolutionists because it includes “traits normally associated with more ancient species” even though it is “undeniably a Homo sapiens specimen.”
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Pondering a Great Profile
| Answers in Genesis The early post-Flood descendants of Noah exhibited a great degree of genetic and environmental variation in skull and facial features, as seen in the differences between Cro-Magnons and Neandertals,