These animals are relics of the Ice Age
Source: BBC By Adam Popescu 4 April 2017 Where cars now drive along congested roads in the heart of modern Los Angeles, sabre-toothed cats once roamed. They stalked prey that […]
David Attenborough’s Rise of Animals: Triumph of the Vertebrates
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World’s biggest dinosaur footprint found in ‘Australia’s Jurassic Park
Source: CNN By Joshua Berlinger (CNN) The world’s biggest dinosaur footprint has been discovered in northwestern Australia, measuring at nearly 5 feet 9 inches (1.75 meters), the lead author of […]
Muslim History of the Theory of Evolution: A Challenge to Traditional Adam Story
Source: New Age Islam By T.O. Shanavas, New Age Islam 12 November 2015 According to the theory of evolution, all living beings share a common ancestry, and therefore they are […]
Two Words for the Christian Apologist Ravi Zacharias: Biological Evolution
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Suffering and the question of suffering is our shared destiny. Today millions are homeless in different parts […]
A scientist’s new theory: Religion was key to humans’ social evolution
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer; Reporter — Washington, D.C. BOSTON — In humans’ mysterious journey to become intelligent, socializing creatures like no other in the animal world, one innovation […]
Life may have a hidden superpower
Source: BBC By Chris Baraniuk 2 March 2017 In 1996, a young graduate student called Richard Watson sat down to read a paper on evolution. The article was provocative. It […]
Life on Earth began ‘earlier than thought’
Source: BBC By Pallab Ghosh Science correspondent, BBC News Image copyrightM DODDImage captionAncient life: These clumps of iron and filaments show similarities to modern microbes Scientists have discovered what they […]
Mammoths Won’t be Back ‘In Two Years’
Source: BBC By Helen Pilcher Woolly mammoths are in the news again. According to recent news reports, they are “on the verge of resurrection” and “will be back from extinction […]
Blue Planet 2: BBC announce new series with Sir David Attenborough
Source: Independent and Youtube By Jack Shepherd @JackJShepherd Last year, the BBC aired Planet Earth II, a sequel to the highly successful documentary series of the same name, narrated by […]
For Darwin Day, 6 facts about the evolution debate
Source: Pew Research Center BY DAVID MASCI Sunday is the 208th anniversary of Charles Darwin’s birth, a day now celebrated by some as Darwin Day. Darwin, of course, is best […]
Darwin’s Birthday Today: His Work An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians
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 […]
The Question of Suffering: A Leading Christian and a Celebrated Agnostic Debate, But Miss the Crux of the Matter
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times The question of suffering is the most often cited reason by the agnostics and atheists for their […]
Urbanisation signal detected in evolution, study shows
Source: BBC A “clear signal” of urbanisation has been identified in the evolution of organisms, which has implications for sustainability and human well-being. In analysis of more than 1,600 cases […]
Lucy and Selam’s species climbed trees: Australopithecus afarensis shoulder blades show partially arboreal lifestyle
Source: Science Daily Date:October 25, 2012 Source:California Academy of Sciences Summary:Australopithecus afarensis was an upright walking species, but the question of whether it also spent much of its time in […]
Becoming Human: First Steps – NOVA Documentary
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Hip pain may be ‘hangover from evolution’
Source: BBC By Smitha Mundasad Health reporter, BBC News Scientists at the University of Oxford say a hangover from evolution could help explain why humans get so much shoulder, hip […]
Jujube genome study sheds light on fruit tree’s domestication
Source: Science Daily Date:December 23, 2016 Source:Boyce Thompson Institute Summary:Researchers have sequenced the genome of the dry jujube. They identified the genomic region that underlies the sugar and acid content […]
The secret of how life on Earth began
Source: BBC By Michael Marshall 31 October 2016 This story is part of BBC Earth’s “Best of 2016” list, our greatest hits of the year. Browse the full list. How […]
Why do birds have beaks and not teeth? This dino may have the answer
Source: CNN (CNN)A group of 13 dinosaurs that died in a mud pit in China has yielded an unprecedented discovery. The 154 million-year-old limusaurus had tiny, sharp teeth as a […]