Who Was ‘Nutcracker Man’?
| Answers in Genesis ‘Nutcracker man’ was the popular name given to a skull found by Louis Leakey, father of well-known fossil-anthropologist Richard Leakey, in East Africa in 1959.
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Homo floresiensis
| Answers in Genesis The Homo floresiensis of Indonesia, three-foot-tall people affectionately called hobbits, were fully human descendants of Adam and Eve.
“Hobbits” Were Real!
| Answers in Genesis Mystifying human fossils were found on the island of Flores, Indonesia, by a team led by Peter Brown and M. J. Morwood, and reported in Nature.
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The Return of the Hobbits
| Answers in Genesis The debate over “hobbit” remains found in an Indonesian island cave shows no signs of slowing. Creating news this time is a new theory published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
Hobbit Fully Human?
| Answers in Genesis The hobbit of Indonesia is back in the news again, and this time, the spotlight is again on scientists who think the hobbit was fully human.
Dental Anomalies Found in Hobbit Teeth
| Answers in Genesis One of the Indonesian “hobbit” fossils said to be a unique species of human from 18,000 years ago may have dropped by the dentist for a filling last century, reports ScienceNOW’s Elizabeth Culotta.
“Hobbits” Were True Humans!
| Answers in Genesis The island of Flores, Indonesia, was the discovery site of fossil adult humans just three feet tall with a cranial capacity of about 380 cubic centimeters. Their scientific name is Homo floresiensis. However, they have been nicknamed “hobbits,” after the stars of the Lord of the Rings saga by Tolkien.
Human Origins
| Answers in Genesis 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.
2.3 The Origin of the Sexes (OB3)
| Answers in Genesis How is it then possible that such different and complex organs, which fit one another in every morphological and physiological detail, could have evolved suddenly?
A Footprint in Chile—Earliest Evidence of Humans in the Americas?
| Answers in Genesis Researchers in the South American nation of Chile have announced the discovery of a human footprint they’ve dated at 15,600 years. This makes it the oldest evidence of humans in the Americas by over 3,000 years, according to the evolutionary timeline. How should Christians understand finds such as these?
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Were Ancient “Human Cousins” Jewelers?
| Answers in Genesis The Bible clearly teaches all humans descended from Adam and Eve (Genesis 1:27, Genesis 3:20, Acts 17:26), and therefore we’re all related: all one race, the human race. And a new discovery confirms what the Bible taught all along!
Evolutionists Attempt to Explain Human Generosity
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists have long struggled to explain human generosity. Evolutionary dogma dictates that behavior patterns which “unnecessarily give up resources without return” should die out in favor of behaviors that “retain those resources” for self or family.
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Out of Israel?
| Answers in Genesis Teeth from a supposed 400,000-year-old human found in Israel have presented two major problems for the evolution belief system.
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Wilhelm Schmidt and the Origin of Religion
| Answers in Genesis When studying and comparing religions, numerous modern authors have given explanations as to how the faiths arose. Many have been educated in universities that have accepted evolution as fact.
Have a Laugh
| Answers in Genesis Apes have been laughing for 10 million years, showing that laughter originated in a common ancestor of apes and humans. Ha!
Where Man Comes From
| Answers in Genesis In order to determine the region of mankind's origin, a group of researchers, led by Andrea Manica of the University of Cambridge, examined genetic data and took skull measurements from “105 populations around the world.
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Kinds of Man
| Answers in Genesis Researchers have announced in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences the discovery of “34 bone fragments belonging to a single” thought-to-be early modern human in China.
New Observations on North American Origins
| Answers in Genesis A book America B.C. published in 1975 by Barry Fell, a Harvard marine biologist, is shattering previously held views and presuppositions about North American anthropology and cultural origins.
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Neanderthal
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Neanderthals Used Advanced Hunting Techniques
| Answers in Genesis A new study demonstrates that Neanderthals (once considered to be dull-witted, brutish, ape-like creatures) used “advanced hunting techniques to stalk and kill their prey,” including group ambush, which allowed them to get close to their prey and ensure a kill for the family or village to eat.
The Neandertals: Our Worthy Ancestors, Part II
| Answers in Genesis Today, the majority of paleoanthropologists believe that the Neandertals were a species separate from modern humans. But most paleoanthropologists also believe that there was at least some degree of cross-fertilization between Neandertals and modern humans. These two beliefs seem to represent a contradiction in the species concept in human evolution that requires clarification.
Making Monkeys out of Men
| Answers in Genesis In an effort to fill the gap between apes and men, certain fossil men have been declared to be “apelike” and, thus, ancestral to at least “modern” man.
Neanderthals: the New Red-Heads
| Answers in Genesis It’s a common caricature in textbooks, movies, and—more true than ever today—TV shows: a brow-ridged, (often) club-carrying Neanderthal, covered in thick, messy red hair.
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Neanderthals: Our Worthy Ancestors
| Answers in Genesis Three lines of evidence demonstrate that the Neanderthals were fully human ancestors of modern humans: the nuclear DNA evidence, fossil evidence that Neanderthals lived in close association and integration with modern humans, and the cultural evidence demonstrates that Neanderthal behavior and thought was fully human.
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Neanderthal Niftiness
| Answers in Genesis Neanderthals were no novices when it came to wielding fire, new evidence suggests—evidence that adds to our understanding of Neaderthals as intelligent, modern humans.
Incorrect Neanderthal Stereotype
| Answers in Genesis The stereotype of Neanderthals is that they were hulking, hairy troglodytes quite different from “refined” modern humans. Now there’s even more evidence of how incorrect that stereotype is.
Neanderthals: Human Cousins or Descendants?
| Answers in Genesis Since this unexpected (in their view) discovery, researchers have been digging to see what marks Neanderthals left in our DNA. And they’ve found that those marks influence (in some people of certain descent) skin shade, immunity, susceptibility to depression, and even whether someone is a night owl or a morning person.
Sailing the Mediterranean? So Easy Even a Caveman Can Do It!
| Answers in Genesis When this human variety (now considered by evolutionists to be a cousin to modern man) was first discovered, they were considered primitive and brutish, hence the insult of calling someone a “Neanderthal.” But nothing could be further from the truth.
Neandertools
| Answers in Genesis Researchers were surprised to discover recently that the Neanderthals of Europe were probably using sophisticated bone tools before other humans moved into the region.
Neandertal Man—the Changing Picture
| Answers in Genesis Despite all the prejudice against including the Neandertals into Homo sapiens, even many evolutionists have become impressed with the evidence for Neandertal’s humanity.
Scientists Determining Vocal Qualities of Neanderthals
| Answers in Genesis You’re wandering the ominous halls of a secular natural science museum after hours one night. Walking through the “prehistoric” man displays, the model of a 30,000-year-old Neanderthal behind you opens his mouth and ekes out a ghastly sentence: “Evolution . . . is . . . true!”
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The Caring Neandertal
| Answers in Genesis The more we learn about the Neandertals, the more we are forced to conclude that although they may have looked brutish, they were very caring people.
Armoured Neanderthal
| Answers in Genesis Mr K. Stolyhwo described the discovery of a human skull with classic Neanderthal features. The entire skeleton was in a tomb which also contained iron arrowheads and a suit of chain-mail armour.
Lagar Velho 1 Child Skeleton
| Answers in Genesis When the parents of that four year old boy buried him many years ago, they could not have known how important his remains would be to their descendants.
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Outsmarting Ourselves
| Answers in Genesis Human brains are getting smaller, yet we’re apparently getting smarter. Does that mean dinosaurs with walnut-sized brains could have actually been geniuses?
Neandertal Children’s Fossils
| Answers in Genesis In reconstructing fragmented bones of Neandertal children, evolutionists assume that rates of development were equal to or faster than modern children.
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Neanderthals: One of Us
| Answers in Genesis Anthropologist Erik Trinkaus comments that the specimens considered to be the “earliest modern humans” in Europe “have shown obvious Neandertal ancestry.”
Radiocarbon Dating: Neanderthals Not as Smart as We Thought
| Answers in Genesis Radiocarbon dating of an archaeological site in France has some researchers claiming that Neanderthals weren’t as smart as we thought. But the evidence can more easily be interpreted as both confirming Neanderthal intelligence and casting doubt on radiocarbon dating methods.
The First European?
| Answers in Genesis The mock-up represents the “earliest known modern European,” supposedly 35,000 years old—yet he looks just like what creationists would suggest.
Thumbs up for Neandertals
| Answers in Genesis Old myths about “ape-men” die slowly. Even Neandertals, who for decades have been recognized by even many evolutionists to be fully human, still struggle to shed their image as hairy less-than-human brutes.
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Piltdown Man
| Answers in Genesis Piltdown man, and other paleoanthropological hoaxes and forgeries, call attention to the academic dishonesty that is sometimes pedaled as evolutionary evidence.
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Recapitulation Theory
| Answers in Genesis Countless people have been convinced by the wonders of the developing embryo—falsely portrayed—that evolution must be true. Why is this falsified idea still accepted by many teachers and scientists?
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The Piltdown Man Fraud
| Answers in Genesis “Britain’s Greatest Hoax” is the title of the Timewatch investigation of the Piltdown Man fraud, shown on BBC2 television recently.
Big Science Hoaxes
| Answers in Genesis To mark April Fools’ Day, National Geographic News summarized some historic—and noteworthy, from our perspective—scientific hoaxes.
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Graphic Fraud
| Answers in Genesis The February 2007 issue of National Geographic recapitulated Ernest Haeckel’s mistaken belief that human embryos retrace their evolutionary ancestry.
Upper Paleolithic Blues
| Answers in Genesis The evolutionary history of modern humans could be in for a bumpy ride following revelations that a German anthropologist, Professor Reiner Protsch von Zieten, falsified dates of human remains.
‘Nebraska Man’ Revisited
| Answers in Genesis More about ‘Nebraska man’—that now-discarded pig’s tooth that was reconstructed by some to look as though it came from a primitive evolutionary ‘ape-man’.
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News on the Piltdown Hoax
| Answers in Genesis An article in Nature magazine titled “New Light on the Piltdown Hoax?” claims to have fresh circumstantial evidences as to the perpetrator of the fraud.
Close, But Not Close Enough—Fingerprints
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists claim that this similarity, or homology, between humans and primates is evidence of
common ancestry. But closer study verifies fundamental differences that point to a common Designer.
Evidence of Intelligence
| Answers in Genesis Archaeologists regularly uncover evidence of early man’s brilliance, confirming that cavemen were smart enough to build fires, design intricate structures, and cook complex cuisine.
Human Ingenuity: Outsmarting Evolutionary Misconceptions
| Answers in Genesis 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).
How Did We Get Our Teeth?
| Answers in Genesis Evolutionists say scales and teeth share evolutionary history but wonder, “Which evolved first?” However, God created scales and teeth at the same time.
Cavemen . . . Really?
| Answers in Genesis When we cut away the laugh track and the bumbling ways, we’re left with something of an enigmatic figure—a being without a settled place in our understanding of history. Perhaps, in fact, it’s our discomfort with not knowing what to do with cavemen that makes us laugh. So just who were they?
The Evolution of Childbirth?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
The Evolutionary Problem with Grandmothers
| Answers in Genesis In an evolutionary worldview, human grandmothers are a bit of a puzzle. Why would evolution favor human grandmothers? Our lifespan should have evolved to be shorter, especially for women since, unlike men, there is a defined ending to their ability to reproduce. That is the evolutionary problem with grandmothers.
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Dragon Man, the Newest Human “Cousin”?
| Answers in Genesis Dragon Man is a post-Babel human, perhaps of the Denisovan people group, or perhaps a result of intermarriage between post-Babel Denisovans and Neanderthals. We know that he was human, was created in God’s image (Genesis 1:28), and is not some evolutionary sidebar to modern humans.
Ape-Men, Adam, and the Gospel
| Answers in Genesis How many times have you seen pictures showing a sequence of monkey-to-ape-to-man evolution? Although creationists and evolutionists look at the very same fossil evidence and genetic evidence, they interpret that evidence very differently because of different starting assumptions.
Cranial Capacity and Endocranial Casts
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Missing Link? Scientists Claim Newly Discovered Fossil Ape Was Bipedal
| Answers in Genesis A recent study trumpeted the discovery of a supposedly 11.6-million-year-old ape from what is now Germany. Danuvius guggenmosi supposedly had “long arms suited to hanging in trees, [and] features of its legs and spine suggest it might also have been able to move around on its hind feet.” Did they find a missing link?
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Humans Aren’t Going to Evolve Again
| Answers in Genesis The website The Conversation—which boasts supposed “academic rigor”—recently hosted an article, in a series designed for children, to answer a reader-submitted question, “Are humans going to evolve again?” But this article showed anything but “academic rigor.”
New Human Species Discovered in the Philippines?
| Answers in Genesis Headlines trumpeted the news last week, “New species of early human found in the Philippines.” This “new species,” based on a collection of fossils found in on the island of Luzon, has been named Homo luzonensis and has been dated to about 67,000–50,000 years. How should we as biblical creationists understand this find?
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Did a “Taste for Fat” Make Us Human?
| Answers in Genesis It’s long been an evolutionary puzzle as to how early humans got the bigger brains they needed to evolve into modern humans? Well, a new study proposes maybe it was a taste for fat that did it—and that’s why we still crave fat today.
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Could the Inca People Write?
| Answers in Genesis It’s long been believed the great Inca civilization never left behind any written records. But what if that’s just because we couldn’t recognize their writing? A fascinating new study reveals the Incas did leave a written history behind—we just didn’t recognize it.
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Did Neanderthals Live Violent Lives?
| Answers in Genesis Neanderthals have long been considered our evolutionary cousins and are usually portrayed as brutish and uncivilized as shown in some kids’ TV programs. But this view has consistently been shown to be wrong. We now know Neanderthals wore jewelry and makeup, made instruments and tools, and more.
Were Ancient Girl’s Parents from Two Different Species?
| Answers in Genesis The scientific community has been buzzing with the recent news that a small bone fragment recovered from a cave in Siberia is the remains of a 13-year-old girl whose parents belonged to what they call two different human species, Neanderthals and Denisovans.
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The Evolution of the Eyebrow?
| Answers in Genesis The fossil record shows a great deal of diversity among post-Flood humans (scientists haven’t found any pre-Flood humans as of yet). Some of this diversity is shown in skull shape. Many ancient humans had much thicker brow ridges than we do today.
Unbecoming of Humans
| Answers in Genesis 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.
The Human Fossils Still Speak!
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Kin Confusion
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Did We “Inherit Our Dark Evil Side” from Chimps?
| Answers in Genesis An article appeared recently in the Mirror, a UK news site, featuring an interview with Jane Goodall, the famous evolutionary primatologist who studied chimpanzees in Tanzania. She shares that she originally thought chimps were nice, only to later learn they can “rip your face off.”
Stooping Low for Evolution
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Instantaneous Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Early humans weren’t very good at swinging from trees. But if you think that has evolutionists doubting human evolution, think again.
Human Jawbone Found: Doesn’t Fit Evolutionary Steps
| Answers in Genesis Experts in the ever-changing topic of human evolution thought they had most of it figured out—when our ancestors left Africa, the major evolutionary steps since then, etc. But a human jawbone discovered in China just doesn’t fit.
Chimps as Smart as Preschoolers?
| Answers in Genesis 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.
Missing Links
| Answers in Genesis Do transitional forms really exist between microbe and microbiologist, or are they missing links? In the biblical worldview, they never existed at all!
Bye-Bye, Missing Link
| Answers in Genesis Although first discovered in the early 1990s, the bones of Ardipithecus ramidus are only now being nominated for evolutionists’ fossil hall of fame.
Middle Ear Missing Links?
| Answers in Genesis The fossilized mammal Liaoconodon hui, found in China, is being hailed as the missing link in middle ear evolution from reptiles to mammals.
"Missing Link" Cut Short
| Answers in Genesis Many readers have probably forgotten “Ida,” the fossil primate whose fifteen minutes of media-frenzied fame as a “missing link” was cut short.
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HIV Missing Link?
| Answers in Genesis Hot news about chimps, “missing links,” and evolution—but the story has nothing to do with human origins or anthropology. What could it be?
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Hype and Science Don't Mix
| Answers in Genesis The news media has been awash this week in hype over an alleged missing link fossil nicknamed Ida. As it turns out, the fossil wasn’t fraudulent, but the hype definitely was.
The Weakest Link
| Answers in Genesis Although not yet officially unveiled, a new missing link is the focus of a forthcoming BBC documentary hosted by Sir David Attenborough.
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It's a 'Whale'
| Answers in Genesis Does the fossil discovery of an early “whale” offer evidence for evolution or does it merely reinforce presuppositions?
The Taung Skull: ‘Missing Link’?
| Answers in Genesis Dart’s discovery of a skull in lime works at Taung did not legitimize the evolution theory, but rather caused great debate among scientists of the day, raising questions which have yet to be answered.
River-Slosher—Missing Link?
| Answers in Genesis A team of paleontologists has “identified” a fossil as the missing link connecting land mammals to supposed evolutionary kin of whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
For the Birds?
| Answers in Genesis Paleontologists say they have found a 100-million-year-old missing link, named Gansus, in the evolution of birds.
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“Missing Link” Claim in Ethiopia
| Answers in Genesis Researchers working in Ethiopia declared over the weekend that they have discovered “the skull of a small human ancestor that could be a missing link between the extinct Homo erectus and modern man”
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Another “Missing Link” Takes Flight
| Answers in Genesis In a case that smacks of the Piltdown Man forgery early last century, National Geographic magazine has admitted to having egg on its face due to an item it published in November 1999.
Natural Selection Topic
| Answers in Genesis Is natural selection, which uses existing information leading to varations in organisms, proof of information-adding, molecules-to-man evolution?
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Antibiotic Resistance
| Answers in Genesis Antibiotic resistance in bacteria is often touted as proof of evolution, but is it really? After all, the bacterium remains a bacterium!
Did I Just Cause Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis Recent experiments on E. coli in a laboratory have made one university student wonder if evolution happened in front of him. Dr. Georgia Purdom, AiG–U.S., helps him examine more closely.
Darwin at the Drugstore?
| Answers in Genesis The issue of antibiotic resistance in bacteria is growing. But creation research could help reveal new ways to deal with this problem—and challenge Darwinism in the process.
Resisting a Myth
| Answers in Genesis Microbial resistance to antibiotics is one of the most commonly claimed evidences for evolution. So will the new “clue” to its workings be evidence for evolution as well?
Just Add Bacteria
| Answers in Genesis As with virtually every observation of “evolution” reported, this study does nothing to support or advance the Darwinian view of common ancestry—that from a single, simple life-form, all the complex and diversified life-forms arose.
Infectious Protein Particles Evolving?
| Answers in Genesis Can non-life evolve? Scientists at the Scripps Research Institute have discovered that infectious protein particles called prions can adapt to new environments and compete with one another.
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Slowing Down Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Pathogenic resistance to antibiotics is a textbook example of “direct evidence for evolution”—literally. What does recent work on the topic suggest?
Virus “Evolution” Benefits Mankind?
| Answers in Genesis Scientists have supposedly forced the evolution of an adeno-associated virus (AAV) commonly used in gene therapy. However, a belief in evolution/millions of years is not needed to initiate this resear
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Evolution Under (or Wool Over?) Our Eyes
| Answers in Genesis Dr John R. Howitt, a personal friend of mine ... wrote to appropriate professors in nine leading universities, asking, “Do you consider that the Hebrew word yom (day), as used in Genesis 1...
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The "Arms Race" of Bacteria
| Answers in Genesis Researchers at Cornell University’s Boyce Thompson Institute have been studying how the bacterium Pseudomonas syringae “infects tomatoes by injecting a special protein into the plant’s cells and undermines the plant’s defense system.”
The “Bird Flu” and Evolution
| Answers in Genesis At the time of writing (February 2004), a deadly respiratory “flu” is racing with unprecedented speed through fowl populations in Asia and other parts of the world.
Speciation
| Answers in Genesis Speciation, the formation of new species, is not evolution in action. Rather, it demonstrates the incredible variety God put within each created kind.
Is Speciation Evidence for Creation or Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis We still see God’s creativity
unfolding before our very eyes in a different way in the birth of each child. As they relate to the genetic potential God created in our first parents, we may not
yet have seen the fastest runner or the greatest mathematical or musical genius.
Does Ken Ham Embrace Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis Kenneth Keathley distinguishes our view from universal common ancestry, but putting “Ken Ham Embraces Evolution” as the title of his post is highly misleading.
Study: 90% of Species Have a Recent Origin
| Answers in Genesis Nine out of ten species alive today have arisen in the last 200,000 years, according to a new genetic study. This study looked at select portions of DNA from 100,000 different species, and “researchers found a telltale sign showing that almost all the animals emerged about the same time as humans.”
No Speciation?
| Answers in Genesis Rapid speciation (multiple species descending from a single population) is often cited as confirmation of the creation worldview. Can we say the same when no speciation occurs?
Origin of (a) Species
| Answers in Genesis Scientists have watched as a new species is “born”—or is that “evolved”?—on one of the Galapagos Islands, home of Darwin’s famous finches.
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What They Didn't Find
| Answers in Genesis The scene is reminiscent of a movie: intrepid explorers pierce the wilderness and stumble upon a trove of amazing species rarely—if ever—seen before.
Demystifying “Genetic Drift”
| Answers in Genesis One of the keys to the origin of species is a concept that few have heard of—genetic drift—the simple application of statistics to basic genetics. Yet this process is playing a critical role in upending the mainstream scientific explanation for the origin of species—and the creation/evolution debate.
Adaptation Topic
| Answers in Genesis Living things, like plants, finches and lizards, have been observed to adapt to their environment—isn’t that evolution?
“Evolution” of Finch Beaks—Again
| Answers in Genesis According to an ABC News article reporting on the July 14th issue of Science magazine, the beaks of Darwin’s finches in the Galapagos Islands have “evolved” yet again.
Peppered moths—back on the agenda?
| Answers in Genesis Britain’s newspaper, The Independent ran a story on 25th August 2007 that Kettlewell’s famed peppered moth experiments had been vindicated as evidence of evolution occurring in nature.
Evolution or Adaptation?
| Answers in Genesis A researcher suggests that a single mutation in mouse DNA is a major contributor to the light coat color seen in beach mice leading to better survival in a sandy environment. The news article states that this “provides evidence that evolution can occur in big leaps.”
Island Evolves Lizards
| Answers in Genesis Rapid evolution—“evolving in ways that would normally take millions of years to play out,” says National Geographic News. How does it confirm the Bible?
The Cat in the Crate
| Answers in Genesis Travelling can be tiring. Even a short catnap is welcome if you’re going a long way. But if you’re confined to a small space for a long time, as Mercedes the cat was, there’s not much else to do.
Catch 22—Toxotes Chatareus
| Answers in Genesis Evolution often presents us with a Catch 22, the belief that the physical characteristics essential for the survival of animals arose by mutation and were fine-tuned by natural selection.
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Survival of the Fittest
| Answers in Genesis Survival of the fittest is not evolution. It is a fact of life in a world that has been tainted with death and bloodshed since Adam rebelled against his Maker.
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“Natural Selection Is Evolution.”
| Answers in Genesis If we take a loose definition of evolution, meaning “change,” then yes, natural selection is evolution/change. But what is typically meant in this argument is that natural selection is molecules-to-man evolution. Is this scientifically possible, or is it a just-so story?
Survival of the Kindest?
| Answers in Genesis Move over, Charles Darwin: researchers at Oregon State University and the University of California–Berkeley want to supplant “survival of the fittest” with “survival of the kindest.”
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Tragedy in a Godless Universe
| Answers in Genesis If we take the idea of “survival of the fittest” to its logical conclusion, it seems almost absurd for anyone who accepts the story of evolution to think of death as being the enemy.
Whitefish: Latest Example of Evolution
| Answers in Genesis If the Canadian Press is to be believed, whitefish provide the latest example of “evolution” in action. But as with previous examples, the evolutionary significance is overstated.
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Be Yourself: Survive!
| Answers in Genesis Research conducted by doctoral student Mark Fitzpatrick of the University of Toronto at Mississauga is uncovering how more unique individuals of a species enjoy a survival advantage.
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Winter Harshness and Sheep Survival
| Answers in Genesis A multi-decade study of Scottish sheep indicates that weather patterns have an effect on “body shape and population size,” according to the BBC, who reports on this ovine study led by Imperial College London professor Tim Coulson and colleagues.
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Evolution, the Foundation For Our Economy?
| Answers in Genesis A discussion of an opinion piece from The Denver Post which is hardly worth mentioning, except for its service as a recitation of some common arguments for evolution-in particular, that teaching evolution is the foundation for our economy.
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Evolution or Adaptation?
| Answers in Genesis An article in the July 24, 2006 Washington Post refers to a March 2006 PLoS Biology article that suggests that humans are currently undergoing evolution.
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End of Story?
| Answers in Genesis This letter is from Shelley Moore, USA. It is an example of the prevalent confusion about the meaning of evolution.
The Evolution of Pretty Girls
| Answers in Genesis Well, I doubt that many young couples in love think much about the survival of the species. But such is the nature of evolution that it has become an explanation for everything.
Is Natural Selection at Odds with Creation?
| Answers in Genesis The claim that biblical creationists reject natural
selection is based on an outdated notion. The young-earth creationist
view has been so maligned in
popular culture that many people think
creationists deny basic facts of life.
The Evolution of . . . Chocolate?
| Answers in Genesis Secular researchers look at the cocoa plant in light of an evolutionary worldview and, based on their evolutionary beliefs, have now adjusted their ancient date of the cocoa plant to be even older in their story. They believe ancient diversification of the cocoa plant resulted in delicious varieties within the species.
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Bitter Butterfly
| Answers in Genesis The viceroy is a colorful butterfly native to the United States that is known to mimic other species. However, the viceroy is not just a tasty option that looks like the unpalatable models it mimics. A recent study attempted to demonstrate mimicry and how it evolved in the viceroy butterfly.
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“Lousy” Pigeon Professors
| Answers in Genesis A recent study looked at the colors of lice on the feathers of numerous varieties of pigeons. According to the authors, the study was proof of evolution. However, despite their protestations to the contrary, this study does not demonstrate macroevolution or even any evolution at all.
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Understanding Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis Some biblical creationists have fallen into the evolutionists’ trap and tried to refute evolution by throwing out the concept of natural selection entirely. While well intended, such attempts end up being logically unsound, scientifically erroneous, and theologically deficient.
Change, Yes; Evolution, No
| Answers in Genesis There are obviously all kinds of “change through time” that are not evolution, so evolution must be only a particular kind of change through time.
Much Ado About Moths
| Answers in Genesis This is the fascinating story about how, due to a combination of environmental changes and selective predation, a moth turned into, well, a moth.
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When Hunters Fuel 'Evolution'
| Answers in Genesis Losing or gaining anatomical features, changing colors, growing bigger or smaller—it doesn’t matter how a biological population is changing, it’s evolution!
The Guppies and the Nematode...
| Answers in Genesis New 'proofs' such as the guppies and the nematode are regularly voiced by evolutionists and just as regularly forgotten without the public ever hearing that they support creation.
Natural Selection Not at Work
| Answers in Genesis Natural selection, the force driving so-called “survival of the fittest,” is at the heart of both evolutionist and creationist explanations for life’s diversity. But in one strange case, natural selection is not at work on an animal.
Molucules Don't Make the Man
| Answers in Genesis Scientists have built a molecular system that “evolves” in the lab. But like other such systems that have gone before it, this doesn’t prove Darwin.
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Cod Evolution No-Go
| Answers in Genesis Another example of “evolution in action”—need we even bother examining the reality to confirm this isn’t what Darwin predicted?
The “Eyes” Have It
| Answers in Genesis Darwin suggested that if a graded series of organisms, each with some sort of eye, can be found then this would mean that the eyes could have been produced by natural selection.
The Nature of Myth
| Answers in Genesis A college professor lambastes AiG for “perpetuating a myth” but, in turn, perpetuates a myth about natrual selection.
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Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis Evolution is the proposed process by which living things gain entirely new characteristics that were never before present in their genetic make-up, not even in a latent or ‘hidden’ form.
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Small Change
| Answers in Genesis The beaks of the Galapagos finches, made famous by Darwin, have changed over time. The change cannot be used to support the idea that finches evolved from dinosaurs.
Dung Beetle Used in Argument For Natural Selection
| Answers in Genesis Britain’s leading newsmagazine weighs in on “one of the lies regularly promulgated by creationist ideologues.” Uncalled-for, ugly allegations aside, we have to, ironically, wonder about the “truth” of that statement.
Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis Big bangs and stardust, primordial soup, meteorites with amino acids, or maybe aliens seeded life on earth? A Creator God is a much more logical choice.
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The Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis One of the most fundamental axioms of biology is that all life comes from preexisting life. This idea of the spontaneous generation of life from nonlife was so deeply ingrained in biological thought that it took nearly 200 years of experimental evidence to completely disprove it.
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Origin of Life Problems for Naturalists
| Answers in Genesis The origin of life is a complicated biological problem for those who deny God’s existence. In fact, it is so much an issue that many naturalists refuse even to discuss it. Two recent studies attacked the origin of life problem from different angles and ended up at cross-purposes with one another.
Alleged Alien Life in Meteorite
| Answers in Genesis Headlines over the weekend boldly proclaimed that we are not alone in the universe. This assertion relies upon reports that a NASA scientist has discovered tiny fossils of alien life in a meteorite.
Life Created In Outer Space
| Answers in Genesis “The odds are improving that life exists beyond Earth,” begins a ScienceNOW article, crediting the change to a study of a “billions-of-years-old” meteorite.
Space Life?
| Answers in Genesis Last year, researchers reported evidence of microbes in the upper stratosphere, and recent tests have apparently confirmed their discovery. Exciting news—the discovery of life in space—but one questio
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Life Discovered in Space
| Answers in Genesis Last year, researchers reported evidence of microbes in the upper stratosphere, and recent tests have apparently confirmed their discovery.
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Primordial Soup
| Answers in Genesis In a quiet pond somewhere on early earth, the many complex chemicals necessary for life came together to produce the first living cell—or did they?
The Primitive Atmosphere
| Answers in Genesis Popular views on evolution include the concept that life originally arose from non-living chemicals through the interaction of matter and energy.
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Freshwater Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis The first animals didn’t evolve in the ocean, claims a controversial new study. Instead, the study suggests the earliest animals called a saltwater lake home.
Toxin Lovers
| Answers in Genesis Carboxydotrophs—microbes that derive their energy from carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide—are said to be a clue to the earth’s early atmosphere.
Semi-Homemade Life
| Answers in Genesis Synthetic biologists are convinced their methods will eventually allow them to create life from non-life, but Darwinian evolution cannot bridge the gap.
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Get a Life
| Answers in Genesis That headline—and similar ones—appeared in sensationalist media accounts about the synthesis of a reproducing cell in a research lab.
Origin of hype
| Answers in Genesis For more than 50 years we have been told by scientists that they have been on the verge of creating life in a laboratory.
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What Is Life?
| Answers in Genesis What mysterious quality makes a creature alive at one moment but is absent the instant the creature dies? The Bible answers the question, “What is life?”
How Simple Can Life Be?
| Answers in Genesis This article describes the theory of abiogenesis and provides statistics about the likelihood of the most simple concievable organism developing from chance.
Abiogenesis: Can Life Come from Non-Living Chemicals?
| Answers in Genesis This naturalistic world we live in has things completely backward, with people concluding that abiogenesis is true and Genesis is myth. But it is evident from both Scripture and observational science that abiogenesis is a myth, Genesis is real history, and God is the true life.
“Brussels Sprout” Meteorite: Source for Life on Earth?
| Answers in Genesis A four-pound visitor from outer space (a rare stony meteorite that is called a carbonaceous chondrite) crashed down in Costa Rica’s Alajuela province back in April. And when scientists received the sample, it smelled distinctly like Brussels sprouts! Why—and what does that have to do with creation/evolution?
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Origins of Multicellular Organisms
| Answers in Genesis One of the problems inherent in the evolutionary dogma is going from a single-celled organism, once such a thing exists, to a multi-celled organism. Because evolutionists’ worldview requires this evolution to occur, they are continuing to search for a mechanism to go from single-celled, to multi-celled.
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Folding Molecules Give Insight to Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis Work published by a chemistry group in The Netherlands discusses the synthesis of a large molecule which folded into a ring pattern with a five-fold symmetry (pentagon shape) and compared it to the folding of proteins. A recent article states, the study “is interesting for origin-of-life research.”
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Is the Origin of Life a Scientific Question?
| Answers in Genesis The origin of life has been debated for a long time. What if the best data, the best science, lead to that conclusion that there might be a Creator? Only extreme atheistic bias would preclude God’s existence.
Where to Begin?
| Answers in Genesis Reluctant and surprised, I finally concluded that what we read in God’s Word is the surest guide to understanding what we see in God’s world.
The Elusive Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis An article in Scientific American in 1991 was headed with the inappropriate title, 'In the beginning.' It should've been titled 'The Elusive Origin of Life.'
Bacterial Life in Ancient Salt
| Answers in Genesis Living bacteria and dormant stages of bacteria known as spores, have been found in many sediments with reported ages of up to hundreds of million years.
The World’s Oldest Water?
| Answers in Genesis Researchers believe water trapped in tiny fractures within sulphide deposits has had no contact with water exposed for 1.5 to 2.64 billion years.
Old Views, New News
| Answers in Genesis Believe it or not, the famous Miller–Urey experiment of the 1950s is still making headlines in the creation–evolution controversy.
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Slime Molds and Life
| Answers in Genesis The cellular slime mold might seem to be a lowly form of life—maybe just the sort that could conceivably have evolved from inanimate matter.
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Latest Evolutionist Theory on life
| Answers in Genesis Whether it’s mica sheets or meteorites (or both), evolutionists have come up with theory after theory—most untestable, all unproven—about how life on earth got started. Here’s the latest.
Problems for "Accidental" Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis The “chirality problem” isn’t exactly one of the most prominent topics of debate when it comes to origins. But that doesn’t mean evolutionists have forgotten the problem it poses for an “accidental” origin of life.
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Prebiotic Nonsense
| Answers in Genesis Astrobiologists may be a step closer to identifying prebiotic compounds in space. Now all they have to do is find the compounds!
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The Origin of Life
| Answers in Genesis One of the most fundamental axioms of biology is that all life comes from pre-existing life. Still, until the later part of the 19th century, life was believed to arise by spontaneous generation.
The Fish in the Bathtub
| Answers in Genesis The claim that, with time, anything is possible, including the creation and perpetuation of life, is not based on any scientific principle. Rather, the opposite is true.
How Life Began—A Textbook Recipe
| Answers in Genesis Did you know that most public-school biology textbooks continue to use content that has long since been disproven?They help further the evolutionary viewpoint that says life arose from nonlife.
Why Life Is Impossible Apart from Creation
| Answers in Genesis Have you ever squashed a mosquito? Interestingly, the squashing of a mosquito may help us understand what makes life possible and what makes spontaneous generation of a living thing impossible.
Scopes Trial
| Answers in Genesis Trial of the century! Bryan cannot defend Scripture due to old-earth compromises. Evolution in schools loses the court battle but wins the classrooms.
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“The Scopes Trial Settled the Question of Evolution”
| Answers in Genesis The Scopes Trial is often used to portray creation as blind myth and evolution as scientific fact. But, if we peel away some of the misconceptions about the trial and chew on the big questions that the it raised, we may arrive at the verdict that rejecting the Creator has led to our culture’s moral collapse.
John Scopes, Creationist?
| Answers in Genesis The Scopes “monkey trial” of Dayton, Tennessee, over eighty years ago, plays a unique role in the modern creation–evolution controversy. From the original media circus to the trial’s misrepresentation in the film Inherit the Wind, evolutionists have pointed to the trial as an example of creationist inanity. So should creationists be blamed for trying to advance our interpretation of the trial?
The Scopes Retrial
| Answers in Genesis A new movie on the 1925 Scopes trial, reveals how the major media delivered a distorted view of the trial in an attempt to attack biblical Christianity.
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Monkeying with the Media
| Answers in Genesis Even though that now-infamous event occurred over 80 years ago, distorted details continue to warp society’s thinking concerning creation and evolution.
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A Trial to Watch
| Answers in Genesis A revival of the anti-Christian play Inherit the Wind is newsworthy enough. But there is something bigger to consider ...
Scopes & the Ten Commandments
| Answers in Genesis Removing the Ten Commandments from schools (and from a judicial building in Alabama) was headline news across America in 2003. But did you know the connection between these events & the Scopes Trial?
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The Big Picture
| Answers in Genesis Being wrong about the six days of creation does not automatically mean someone is not a Christian. But if you think that makes it unimportant, stand back and look at the big picture....
Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Theistic evolution, the idea that God used evolution to create life, poses great danger to the gospel, the Bible’s authority, and the character of the Creator.
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10 Dangers of Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis In this system God is not the omnipotent Lord of all things, whose Word has to be taken seriously by all men, but He is integrated into the evolutionary philosophy.
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God and Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Does belief in biological evolution, a process characterized by death and bloodshed, question the holy and good character of the God of the Bible?
Response to Brett Younger
| Answers in Genesis Brett Younger begins his opinion piece with an enjoyable anecdote from his high school chemistry class, but then launches into a problematic examination of science and religion and uses the “usual” arguments against young-earth creationism.
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Collins is “Faithful to God, Science?”
| Answers in Genesis This article is a response to another article about evolutionist Christian Dr. Francis Collins (director of the [US] National Human Genome Research Institute), which is riddled with inaccuracies and misleading statements.
God’s Rest in Hebrews 4:1–11
| Answers in Genesis Hebrews 4:1–11 has been used by a number of ‘progressive’ creationists as ‘evidence’ that the Bible can be reconciled with the billions of years postulated by evolutionists/uniformitarians.
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'A Child May See the Folly of it'
| Answers in Genesis The idea that God used evolution, and therefore that the book of Genesis needs to be reinterpreted to accommodate so-called millions of years, and to reject the worldwide Flood, is not a modern idea.
After Evolution What?
| Answers in Genesis We often see vigorous attempts in the media and in the church to persuade people to accept evolution. The irony of this is that the attempt appears to be succeeding just as contraty signs emerge.
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What About Theistic Evolution?
| Answers in Genesis There’s been an explosion in the intensity of the conversation regarding the creation/evolution debate in the last few years—but not where one might expect.
Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Is there an ever-widening canyon between scientific intellectualism and the Christian faith? Is theistic evolution a legitimate way to bridge that gap? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
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Exposing a Fundamental Compromise
| Answers in Genesis For thousands of years Christians have faced the danger of being deceived by Satan. Sometimes in the process of defending the Christian faith, respected Christian leaders have unknowingly compromised with error. Surprising examples include founders of modern fundamentalism.
The Burden of Standing for God’s Word
| Answers in Genesis As we have documented with research published in books like Already Gone and Ready To Return, compromise on Genesis (particularly with Christians who add millions of years into the Bible) has had a devastating impact on how this generation views the Bible.
Is BioLogos Promoting Heresy?
| Answers in Genesis The thrust of BioLogos is not in accord with the biblical doctrines of Christianity; thus it is in reality from the spirit of anti-Christ. Church, be warned!
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The Bible and BioLogos
| Answers in Genesis BioLogos is using millions of dollars of grant money from the John Templeton Foundation to present an evolutionary understanding of God’s creation.
Why I Rejected Theistic Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Theistic evolution is a significant threat to the Christian church. It undermines the very foundation of the Christian faith and causes people to doubt the truth of Scripture.
Design-Denier Wins Religious Reward
| Answers in Genesis The prestigious Templeton Prize, which honors progress in our understanding of “spiritual realities,” was recently given to a Catholic priest who denies intelligent design.
Ken Miller and Culture War
| Answers in Genesis It seems one of evolutionary theory’s biggest defenders, biologist Ken Miller, has come around to AiG’s point of view. At least, that’s one way to look at his recent comments!
A Date With Ken Miller
| Answers in Genesis On October 26, Brown University biology professor Dr. Kenneth Miller, the Catholic, evolutionist author of the compromising book Finding Darwin’s God, visited Cincinnati, Ohio.
Spong Is Wrong
| Answers in Genesis Bishop John Shelby Spong is well known for attacking almost every Christian doctrine he swore in his ordination vows to uphold, e.g. God as sovereign Creator, the Incarnation, Virginal Conception and
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“Alpha”–A Misnomer!
| Answers in Genesis Alpha is the first letter of the Greek alphabet. It is used in the Bible to denote ‘beginning,’ as it is in Revelation 1:8: ‘I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord….’
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The Horse and the Tractor
| Answers in Genesis The only distinction between 'Theistic' and naturalistic evolution is the empty theological language attached in the former case-making no more difference than an invisible horse to a tractor.
A Theistic Evolutionist’s Comments
| Answers in Genesis I am a young Christian and biologist, currently studying zoology and microbiology, who has been closely watching the Creation\Evolution debate with ever widening eyes for the last few years now
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From (Theistic) Evolution to Creation
| Answers in Genesis When you walk into the university department of the Royal Children’s Hospital in Brisbane, Australia, the portrait on the wall is that of a figure well-known in creation science circles...
Were Creative Acts Sudden?
| Answers in Genesis Three different Hebrews words are used in the Genesis account of creation—bara, to create; asah, to make; and yatsar, to form (as a potter). The one used in 2:19 is yatsar.
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Young-Earth Evolution
| Answers in Genesis Subtle ideas that don’t comport with Scripture or are unnecessarily accommodating of evolutionary ideas are causing problems within the church.
Christianity Is Objectively True
| Answers in Genesis A professing young-earth creationist should be the last person to call into question the historical, objective nature of Christianity. However, Todd Wood does this in his book, The Quest.
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Angels and Demons
| Answers in Genesis Mystery, superstition, and intrigue surround the topic of angels and demons. The Bible, however, dispels these shadows and myths with clear truth.
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Satan
| Answers in Genesis Who is Satan? When were he and the demons created, and when did they fall? What about the origin of evil? Was it Satan who tempted mankind?
Who Was the Serpent?
| Answers in Genesis Although Genesis does not mention the name “Satan” as controlling the serpent in the Garden of Eden, we can ascertain who this serpent was.
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Lucifer and Sin
| Answers in Genesis Do verses in Ezekiel and Isaiah referring to earthly kings or Satan’s fall? Troy Lacey revisits his argument on the first sin.
Is God Real?
| Answers in Genesis The Bible says, “In the beginning God.” Does this God really exist? Or is He just the creation of the pre-scientific imagination?
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How Do We Know There Is a God?
| Answers in Genesis The skeptic’s condemning cry often comes as, “Prove to me there is a God.” Usually the agnostic or atheist expects physical or scientific evidence for the existence of God, but when the Bible believer cannot point to a living being and say, “There is God,” the skeptic thinks he has won.
Is There Really a God?
| Answers in Genesis When Christians claim that the God of the Bible created all the basic entities of life and the universe, some will ask what seems to be a logical question: “Who created God?”
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God & Natural Law
| Answers in Genesis The universe obeys certain rules—laws to which all things must adhere. These laws are precise, and many of them are mathematical in nature.
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“Does God Exist?”
| Answers in Genesis Whether by email, regular mail, phone call, or speaking engagement, there are several questions Answers in Genesis can predict will be asked at some point.
I Believe in God
| Answers in Genesis I believe in God … And what else? The Father Almighty, Maker of Heaven and Earth? If you’re an Anglican or Roman Catholic, you’re likely to say you believe you have a Creator.
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Jesus Christ: Creator & Savior
| Answers in Genesis Jesus Christ is God incarnate, the Second Person of the Trinity, our Creator, the resurrected Savior and Redeemer, and the only means of salvation for sinners.
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Jesus Is God
| Answers in Genesis Is Jesus truly God? There are many cults and religions today that deny His deity. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? We turn to the Scriptures for answers.
Is Jesus God?
| Answers in Genesis Is Jesus really God? Many cults and false religions today deny it. What is the truth about Jesus Christ? We turn to the Scriptures for the answer.
Can We Pray to Jesus?
| Answers in Genesis It is appropriate to pray to the Father directly; however, just because we are permitted to pray to the Father, doesn’t mean that we are not permitted to pray to the Son.
The Real Jesus
| Answers in Genesis Many people these days are putting their faith in false or imaginary Christs who cannot save them. Can we uncover the real Jesus?
Resurrection
| Answers in Genesis Did Jesus truly rise bodily from the dead, or is the account of his Resurrection simply one of the greatest hoaxes of all time?
The Slippery Slide to Unbelief
| Answers in Genesis If we re-interpret God’s Word in Genesis to fit man’s fallible opinion, it would be consistent to apply this hermeneutic elsewhere—even Christ’s Resurrection.
“Jesus’ tomb found” claim as empty as Jesus’ [real] tomb
| Answers in Genesis It’s the latest variation in a long line of lies: a claim that the tomb—and ossuary (bone box)—of Jesus has been found and, along with it, the ossuaries of other members of Jesus’ family, including His mother Mary and His alleged wife, Mary Magdalene.
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Documentary Displays Jesus' Family Tomb?
| Answers in Genesis The Lost Tomb of Jesus, to be broadcast this Sunday on the Discovery Channel, argues that the ossuaries found in a Jerusalem tomb in 1980 belong to Jesus, His mother Mary, and other family members, including Jesus’ alleged wife Mary Magdalene and one “Judah son of Jesus” who, the film says, is a son of Jesus and Mary Magdalene.
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Incarnation
| Answers in Genesis The incarnation—when Jesus Christ, who is God the Son, became flesh and lived among us—is vital to the precious doctrine of salvation.
The Hypostatic Union
| Answers in Genesis Did Jesus want to die for us, or did He try to find a way out of it? How did He submit to the Father’s will? Troy Lacey, AiG–U.S., responds.
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Theophanies in the Old Testament
| Answers in Genesis Did God appear in human form before His incarnation? Why then would He have to be born? Is the Angel of the Lord actually Jesus? Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains.
A Necessary Conclusion
| Answers in Genesis Defending the biblical account of creation concerns more than just winning arguments. At the core is the truth of the Last Adam.
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Was Jesus Married?
| Answers in Genesis Earlier this week, headlines announced a new discovery that shows Jesus was married. Is there any basis for such a claim? Would it even matter if Jesus was married?
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Jesus’ Crucifixion
| Answers in Genesis Jesus Christ, the Creator of the universe, took on flesh and endured the horror of death by crucifixion in order that man might be reconciled to God.
Our Suffering Savior
| Answers in Genesis Unlike first-century Christians, for whom crucifixion was a familiar reality, most of us have a sanitized view of our Lord's suffering.
What Does Jesus’ Death Accomplish?
| Answers in Genesis If Jesus suffered the punishment for death on our behalf, why do we still die? Jesus “took up our infirmities and carried our sorrows” (Isaiah 53:4), yet many continue to suffer from horrible illnesses even after they receive the gift of eternal life.
The Crucifixion
| Answers in Genesis Most people rejected Jesus and sentenced Him to death. How could the day associated with mankind’s heinous act possibly be called good?
Jesus’ Birth
| Answers in Genesis How accurate is the common perception of baby Jesus born in a lowly stable? Was Jesus really born of a virgin? What are the implications of the God-child?
Virgin Birth
| Answers in Genesis The deity of Jesus (the assertion that He is both God and man) is so vital to the gospel that, if not true, there is no hope for salvation.
Picturing Jesus
| Answers in Genesis Is it idolatry to create images depicting the Lord Jesus? Christians throughout church history have debated this question as they seek to honor the second commandment.
Did Others Know What Was to Come?
| Answers in Genesis There are many prophecies in the Old Testament foretelling the coming Messiah and the sacrifice to be made, but did people recognize these prophecies and associate them with Jesus? How much did even the disciples really understand about the reason Jesus came to earth?
What's the Significance of the Name “Jesus”?
| Answers in Genesis What is the significance of the name “Jesus”? The angel told Joseph to name Mary’s son Jesus. Is there some holy significance to this particular sequence of letters or sounds? The Bible often discusses the significance of this name.
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The Biggest Question of All
| Answers in Genesis I was only 19 years old and visiting my first foreign country. I witnessed firsthand the hopelessness of a world without the Lord Jesus Christ.
The Temple Cleansing
| Answers in Genesis Tim Chaffey, AiG–U.S., explains why John’s account of the temple cleansing must necessarily have been a different event from the one found in the Synoptic Gospels.
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Why Did Jesus Weep?
| Answers in Genesis There were occasions in Scripture when Jesus wept and lamented. It seems logical to ask ourselves then, why did Jesus weep and lament?
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Jesus: The Word, Life, and Light
| Answers in Genesis The apostle John draws our attention to the coming of Jesus into the world as a “new creation” by referring to him as the “Word” (logos), “life” (zōē), and the “light” (phōs), which constitute creation terminology. It is helpful therefore to understand why these words are used to describe Jesus.
The Battle to Keep Christ in Christmas
| Answers in Genesis If you told the average American 50 years ago that “in the 21st century, America will take Christ out of Christmas and make it nothing but a pagan holiday,” I’m sure most would have responded with something like, “No—not here—that would never happen.” But it is happening.
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Jesus . . . Plus
| Answers in Genesis Our contemporary Christian culture has slipped into some flawed views of biblical authority. Among them is the attitude that it’s good to know what the Bible says but we can turn to other sources
Is Jesus “Woke”?
| Answers in Genesis Texas Lieutenant Governor candidate Matthew Dowd suggests Jesus would affirm LGBTQ “rights” and other liberal causes – a far cry from the Jesus in the Bible.
Jesus on Creation
| Answers in Genesis In these words of Jesus we find He teaches that Adam and Eve were created in 'the beginning of the creation'-not billions of years after the beginning!
Faking a Fake
| Answers in Genesis An Italian scientist has attempted to replicate the Shroud of Turin using materials and techniques available in the Middle Ages (when some believe the shroud was originally made).
Sin
| Answers in Genesis How should Christians understand the origin of sin? Why did God create man if He knew we would sin? What else does the Bible teach about sin?
God and Sin = Gibberish?
| Answers in Genesis Our culture no longer understands “God” or “sin” the same way that the Bible does. Before we attempt to communicate the gospel, we must define our terms.
Original Sin Topic
| Answers in Genesis Does the doctrine of original sin stand or fall on the historicty of Genesis, Adam and Eve, the perfect creation, and the Fall of mankind?
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Two Histories of Death
| Answers in Genesis When Charles Darwin wrote his famous book On the Origin of Species, he was in essence writing a history concerning death. God’s Word presents a different view.
Is Male Headship a Curse?
| Answers in Genesis Because sin has entered the relationship, the spheres of
responsibility for a husband and wife,
as well as their marriage relationship,
now face conflict.
Evolution and Original Sin
| Answers in Genesis Belief in evolution does more than just undermine the foundation for the doctrine of salvation found in Genesis. It also distorts our eschatological hope.
Original Sin at the BBC
| Answers in Genesis The article is written as a statement of fact, but it contains a number of factual errors, and much in the way of personal opinion, dressed up as fact.
The Experience Trap—Healing
| Answers in Genesis As I returned to my room after visiting the nursing home, my youngest brother Stephen gave me an audio tape of one of Robert's sermons, entitled "The Experience Trap—Healing,"
Cheating—Shaped by Environment or Behavior?
| Answers in Genesis A recent study examined the question of whether cheating was influenced by scarcity and/or abundance and also delved into the question of in-group versus outside group factors (an “us versus them” scenario). The study was conducted by Dr. Marco Palma and Dr. Billur Aksoy.
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Is Lying Justified?
| Answers in Genesis Is lying justified? Old heresies come back in new clothes but that does not alter the fact that they are still heresies. For those for whom the Bible is their final authority, there is no question that lying is never justified.
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Is Pride Worth Celebrating?
| Answers in Genesis Throughout the month various activities, including Pride Parades, will be taking place in celebration and honor of the LGBT community and sexual diversity. But this celebration of LGBT Pride points to something the Bible warns against time and time again—and it is not just sexual immorality.
9/11 and the Real “Enemy”
| Answers in Genesis Two years ago, an enemy “from without” attacked the US by destroying the towers of the World Trade Center in New York, and also heavily damaging the Pentagon in Washington, DC, killing almost 3,000.
Suffering & Death
| Answers in Genesis If God is so good, why is this world filled with suffering and death? The answer is plainly described in Genesis 1–3. God created a “very good” world, but Adam’s rebellion brought a curse and death. The disease and death in the fossil record reflect this curse.
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Where was God?
| Answers in Genesis What does all the death and suffering in the world tell us about God? Is He simply a distant, disinterested being, or the loving Creator of a now-broken world?
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Genesis at Ground Zero
| Answers in Genesis Ken Ham interviews Ralph DiCosimo, a New York police officer with first-hand experience of the aftermath of the horrific happenings of 11 September 2001.
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Why Do We Age?
| Answers in Genesis Aging is a
result of
Adam’s fall.
But can we
do anything
to ease the
effects of
aging or
extend our
life span?
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Natural Disasters
| Answers in Genesis How should we understand the horrible devastation and human suffering caused by natural disasters such as hurricanes, earthquakes, and floods?
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Japan Tsunami Reminder
| Answers in Genesis Japan is still suffering from the effects of a devastating earthquake and tsunami that have taken more than 6,000 lives with over ten thousand more missing.
Remembering Katrina
| Answers in Genesis For weeks now, the news channels have been busy reliving the horrors of the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina. The one-year anniversary of its landfall is upon us and television is full of coverage.
A Blessing Amidst Tragedy
| Answers in Genesis Even though devastating Hurricane Katrina occurred along the Gulf Coast many weeks ago, it has provided a unique window of opportunity for Christians who want to support the Lord’s work.
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“Coals of Fire”
| Answers in Genesis AiG initiated a special relief effort to help thousands of public school students in Ocean Springs, Mississippi after Hurricane Katrina
Katrina Outreach Update
| Answers in Genesis An outpouring of generosity for those impacted by Hurricane Katrina has come into Answers in Genesis–USA as a work team prepares this week to take nearly 3,000 backpacks to Ocean Springs, Mississippi.
Death, the Enemy: Child & a Dead Possum
| Answers in Genesis Thankfully, the Bible tells us we can have the hope of a day when the rotting opossum shall be no more. Through the conquering death and resurrection of Jesus Christ on the Cross, death has been defeated (2 Timothy 1:10). I’m thankful for my son’s moral intuition concerning animal death and the witness it bears.
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Did God Give Stephen Hawking ALS?
| Answers in Genesis Ken Ham’s Twitter post and the accompanying post on Facebook pertaining to Dr. Stephen Hawking’s death quickly garnered dozens of responses. Many were from skeptics, some accusing God of giving Dr. Hawking ALS, the motor neuron disease he suffered with nearly his whole life. Did God give him ALS?
Why Is the World Broken?
| Answers in Genesis This world is broken and can’t seem to find its way. Where is the all-knowing, loving Creator God in the midst of all this pain and suffering?
Why Us?
| Answers in Genesis Numerous books have been written to try to explain what seems to be an irreconcilable problem—Christianity’s claim of a God of love in the face of the evil, death, suffering in this world.
The Intensive Care Unit
| Answers in Genesis When times are great, we should praise God and thank Him for His goodness. When times are tough, we should do the same and lean completely on Him.
School Tragedy in Connecticut
| Answers in Genesis The tragic school shooting in Connecticut is another vivid reminder that we live in a fallen and sin-cursed world. Our hearts go out to those affected by this tragedy.
Death and Steve Jobs
| Answers in Genesis Our mission is to equip people to stand on the authority of the Word of God and to understand the Bible’s answers to the problems that perplex individuals and plague our world.
Ten Years Later—Remembering 9/11
| Answers in Genesis It’s one of the most sobering anniversaries that Americans (especially those over the age of 18) will ever commemorate—recalling the horrible terrorist acts that struck America 10 years ago today.
Is It Really a Beautiful World?
| Answers in Genesis Sometimes Christians give the wrong impression that the existence of a “loving and wise Designer” is obvious simply because we see so much “beauty” in creation.
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A Young Earth—It’s Extremely Relevant
| Answers in Genesis Many Christians have been led to believe that the debate over the age of the earth is unimportant because it is “just a side issue.” In reality, however, this thinking is erroneous.
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Now, But Not Yet
| Answers in Genesis When we understand the beauty and perfection of Eden, and how sin changed everything, we are forced to be consistent when we talk about good and bad, and right and wrong.
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Bowing the Knee
| Answers in Genesis When “the fog” becomes so thick that we can’t see any of God's promises, we have no choice but to return to His living Word to give us the full, big picture.
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Beauty from Ashes
| Answers in Genesis For some reason, many Christians have picked up the notion that everything should work out the way they want now that they have given their lives to Christ.
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Beyond the Grave
| Answers in Genesis Sometimes facing reality can be discouraging. It’s disillusioning when we see that life is not what we thought it would be.
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A Voice from the Past
| Answers in Genesis Facing a serious illness and the certainty of death is a humbling experience and wakes us up by shattering the illusion of security and health that surrounds us
And It Was Good
| Answers in Genesis The words of Genesis chapters 1 and 2 present to us the incredible chronicle of the first six days of existence.
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Foreword
| Answers in Genesis Humanity is always looking for someone else to blame, and it seems that it may as well be God. Do you notice, though, that the blame is always laid before a “loving God.”
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It Started in Eden
| Answers in Genesis The ongoing spate of violence in America’s public schools saw tragic manifestations last year, including the murder of five Amish girls.
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September 11, 2001—Five Years On
| Answers in Genesis The events of September 11, 2001 are etched on my mind. I know precisely what I was doing on that day, when the airplanes were crashed into the Twin Towers. I was planning my father’s funeral.
“Crocodile Hunter” Dies
| Answers in Genesis I woke up on the Labor Day holiday in the USA (September 4) to hear the news that the famed “Crocodile hunter,” Steve Irwin, died in Queensland Australia.
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Tragic Truth
| Answers in Genesis What do you say to help survivors of a horrific tragedy? Pastor Gino has recently faced this tough question, not once but twice.
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What Does God Want from Me?
| Answers in Genesis How can people be made right with God? And how can Christians please God in both the seemingly mundane decisions and in the serious choices of life?
Lost
| Answers in Genesis We are facing a major culture shift, and the losses are mounting. It's never too late to begin implementing biblical solutions.