Creation Revolution

Category: Anthropology

• Lamarckism: Dead but Useful

  Lamarck’s theory of evolution was supposed to have died in 1859 when Darwin published his theory of natural selection.  Despite textbook depictions of Lamarckism as obsolete, Lamarckian language still surfaces from time to time, even in prestigious journals. A recent … Continue reading →

  

• A Possible Creationist Perspective on the Tyrolean (Oetztaler) Ice Man

  Abstract Much attention has been given to the Tyrolean Ice Man since his discovery in 1991. To the evolutionist he is somewhat of an enigma; a resourceful and cultured individual from an area previously thought to be a Neolithic backwater. … Continue reading →

  

• Best Cave Art Is Still the Oldest

  A new research study confirms that the exquisite cave art at Chauvet Cave is the oldest. The study is documented in an open-access paper on PNAS (May 7, 2012, doi: 10.1073/pnas.1118593109 PNAS May 7, 2012).   The abstract begins, Since its discovery, the Chauvet cave … Continue reading →

  

• Are You Part Neanderthal?

  Within the evolutionary world of human ancestry, there is still some controversy as whether or not Neanderthals were fully human or a separate species.  Many try to classify Neanderthals as a separate human-like species that went extinct, perhaps because they … Continue reading →

  

• Stone Age Art Holds Hints of Language

  Ancient cave art can give modern observers a unique glimpse into the minds of people who lived long ago. Stone Age art in European caves is best known for its beautiful paintings of animals like deer, horses, and mammoths. Recently, … Continue reading →

  

• When Did Man First Use Fire?

  One of the harshest places on earth is the Kalahari Desert.  It can get quite hot and go months without a trace of rain.  Located near the edge of the Kalahari Desert in South Africa is a huge cave known … Continue reading →

  

• Linguists Argue over Language Origins

  Where on earth did humans first speak? According to a 2011 study published in Science, evidence points to language beginning in Africa, which goes along with the very popular “out of Africa” story of human origins. Auckland University anthropologist Quentin Atkinson … Continue reading →

  

• Raymond Dart and the ‘Missing Link’

  Anthropologist Raymond Dart (1893–1988) is best known for a skull found on the edge of the Kalahari Desert in 1924. He claimed it was part-human and part-ape, i.e. a ‘man-ape’1  and so the evolutionary ancestor of man. Raymond was the … Continue reading →

  

• Dating Jericho’s Destruction: Bienkowski is Wrong on All Counts

  EXCERPT In 1990, Dr. Bryant Wood published his well known article in Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR) on the destruction of Jericho and its correlation with the Biblical account. In the Sep./Oct. 1990 issue of BAR, Piotr Bienkowski wrote an article disputing … Continue reading →

  

• When Did Humans Start Walking Upright?

  Evolutionists have to believe that humans evolved from apes who evolved from monkeys, who evolved from some lower form of mammal who evolved from a reptiles who evolved from an amphibian who evolved from a fish who evolved from a … Continue reading →

  

• Gorilla Genome Is Bad News for Evolution

  Evolutionists have long maintained that modern primate species (including, in their view, humans) are branches on an evolutionary tree that lead back to a common ancestor. But the recent news of the published genome sequence for the gorilla in the … Continue reading →

  

• Australopithecus Sediba: Evolutionary Game Changer?

  The media has already deemed the find an “evolutionary game changer.” In a South African cave in 2008, two sets of fossils were discovered by paleontologists that they allege may be from a transitional creature—a “missing link” between modern man … Continue reading →

  

• Are Female Bonobo Apes Really Homosexuals?

  Bonobo are unique among the great apes in that they spend a significant part of their travel walking upright.  They are also unique in that they have a female dominating social structure and it’s that social structure that has caused … Continue reading →

  

• Missing the Mark

  How a missionary family gave rise to the top name in ‘apeman’ research (Louis Leakey)! Most people have heard of anthropologist Louis Leakey, best known as the man who changed the way that evolutionists think about the place where mankind … Continue reading →

  

• ‘Primitive’ Tribe Demonstrates Modern Social Behavior

  The Hadza is a nomadic tribe in Tanzania that subsists by hunting game and gathering wild plants. To evolutionists, they supposedly represent the early, more primitive societies from which modern society evolved. That means their social interaction should be primitive … Continue reading →