Challenging Mainstream Thought About Beauty’s Big Hand in Evolution
Epigraph He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The National Museum of Natural History, located on the National Mall just across from the Smithsonian castle, is America’s […]
Biology of Our Human Family: Who are We Related To?
Source: The Muslim Sunrise, Winter-2016 Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The 2016 Nobel Prize in medicine has been awarded to […]
Lutheran Church passes resolution saying ‘God created the world in 6 natural days’
By Michael Gryboski, Christian Post Reporter The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod passed a resolution at their convention affirming the belief that God created the Earth “in six natural days.” At the […]
12-foot bird lived alongside early human relatives, fossils reveal
Source: National Geographic By Jenny Howard Almost two million years ago, giant hyenas, saber-toothed cats, and camels roamed across the European continent, perhaps sometimes clashing with a few of our […]
Richard Dawkins vs John Lennox | Has Science Buried God? Debate
Suggested reading Refuting William Lane Craig’s: ‘The Birth of God’ If the Atheists and the Christians Debate, Islam Wins! Debate: Does the Universe have a purpose? Who Created God? John Lennox at The […]
Bones Found in Philippine Cave Reveal Long-Lost Cousin of Modern Humans
Source: Time By Malcolm Ritter (NEW YORK) — Fossil bones and teeth found in the Philippines have revealed a long-lost cousin of modern people, which evidently lived around the time […]
Almost 160 years after Charles Darwin’s Book, Americans are still arguing
Almost 160 years after Charles Darwin publicized his groundbreaking theory on the development of life, Americans are still arguing about evolution: https://t.co/CNqbo2ArSD pic.twitter.com/TRmhFcUf0Y — Pew Research Religion (@PewReligion) March 5, […]
‘Extinct’ Galapagos tortoise found after 100 years
By Alex Stambaugh, CNN • Updated 21st February 2019 CNN — A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on […]
ڈارون سے ہزار برس قبل نظریۂ ارتقا پیش کرنے والا مسلمان مفکر کون تھا؟
Source: BBC, Urdu Courtesy: Altaf Qadeer of Canada ظفر سیدصحافی، اسلام آباد جاحظ نے سائنس، جغرافیہ، فلسفہ، صرف و نحو اور علم البیان جیسے کئی موضوعات پر قلم اٹھایا نظریۂ ارتقا انسان کی فکری تاریخ کے طاقتور ترین نظریات میں سے ایک ہے اور جتنا اس نے انسانی فکر پر […]
Islam’s evolutionary legacy
Courtesy: Altaf Qadeer, Canada Source: The Guardian; from March, 2009 By Ehsan Masood Last month, scientists from around the world partied into the small hours on the 200th anniversary of the birth […]
The Evolution of Pew Research Center’s Survey Questions About the Origins and Development of Life on Earth
Source: Pew Research Center Have living things always existed in their present form, or did they evolve? And if evolution occurred, was a divine hand at play? Measuring public opinion […]
For Darwin Day, 6 facts about the evolution debate
Source: Pew Research Center By David Masci, who is a senior writer/editor focusing on religion at Pew Research Center. Tuesday, February 12th, is the 210th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, […]
Lecture: Noah’s Ark, Christian Creationist theories and Evolution: Dogmatism and Fundamentalism
By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The short 10-12 minute talk is within the first 22 minutes of the video, from minute 10 to 22, after the […]
Jane Goodall’s GPS interview in full
Source: CNN Fareed Zakaria sits down with Jane Goodall to discuss her extraordinary, lifelong study of chimpanzees, and how it led her to become a leading conservationist. Watch the video […]
An untold story in biology: the historical continuity of evolutionary ideas of Muslim scholars from the 8th century to Darwin’s time
Source: Taylor Francis Online By Aamina H. Malik, Janine M. Ziermann & Rui Diogo Abstract Textbooks on the history of biology and evolutionary thought do not mention the evolutionary ideas […]
How Beauty Is Making Scientists Rethink Evolution
Epigraph: He is Allah, the Creator, the Maker, the Fashioner. His are the most beautiful names. All that is in the heavens and the earth glorifies Him, and He is […]
BBC Video: How chimpanzees reveal the roots of human behavior, especially empathy
Eminent anthropologist Frans de Waal explains that politicians have a lot to learn from how chimpanzees show empathy. A film by Harold Morris and Melissa Hogenboom for BBC Reel. Additional Reading […]
Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from 100 million years ago uncovered in Sussex, UK
Hastings dinosaur footprints exposed by cliff erosion Source: BBC Dozens of well-preserved dinosaur footprints from at least 100 million years ago have been uncovered in East Sussex. At least seven […]