evolution

Evolution Legislation Moves Through Missouri House

Marshall Griffin — Thu, 21 Feb 2013 21:40:48 +0000

State and local-level school officials would be required to develop guidelines for teaching evolution under legislation making its way through the Missouri House.

Paleoanthropologist Donald Johanson On What Lucy Says About Us

Steve Kraske and Danie Alexander — Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000

She certainly shook up our family tree that day in 1974. The human family tree that is.

Early Man And Mammoths: Linda Hall Exhibit Shows Human History

Charlie Upchurch — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 17:45:49 +0000

In the early 19th century, it was commonly believed that humans were a relatively new species, existing for only about 6,000 years. However, the discovery of human remains alongside stone tools and extinct animals began to change some minds in the scientific community in the 1840s, leading to the now-commonly accepted belief in human antiquity.

Real Hobbits: Discovery of New Hominid Shows Diversity of Evolution

Charlie Upchurch — Fri, 11 May 2012 20:18:51 +0000

Matt Tocheri knows hobbits pretty well: he’s been studying their wristbones for years.

Well, not quite hobbits, per se, but homo floresiensis, a hominid fossil discovered on the island of Flores in Indonesia, which at first glance appeared to be a small version of a modern human. However, researchers argue that these ‘hobbits’ are in fact h. floresiensis, and make up a new branch of the human evolutionary tree.

Donald Johanson: What Lucy Says About Us

Stephen Steigman, Steve Kraske and Kathleen Pointer — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:55:20 +0000

He certainly shook up our family tree that day in 1974. The human family tree that is.

The Struggle Over Teaching Evolution

Steve Kraske, Kathleen Pointer and Danie Alexander — Wed, 15 Feb 2012 14:05:38 +0000

From the Scopes trial of the 1920s to intelligent design today, teaching evolution remains a most divisive issue in America. Across the battlegrounds of pulpits, classrooms and courtrooms, opposing forces have struggled with what the curriculum should include.