Chromosome Study Traces All Men To Man Who Lived 135,000 Years Ago
Source: Huffington Post Now this story will blow your mind. According to research almost every man alive can trace his origin to one man who lived over 135,000 years ago. It is […]
A new species of horned dinosaur has been identified from fossils held in a Canadian museum for 75 years
Source: BBC The fossils had previously been classified as belonging to a different dinosaur group. But Nick Longrich, from the University of Bath, found they closely resembled a dinosaur from […]
The ‘Human’ Quality We Share With Baboons
The Huffington Post | By Carolyn Gregoire As humankind has evolved, we’ve built cities and computers, probed into the far reaches of our galaxy and beyond, cured diseases, and developed thousands of […]
Editor’s Pick: Biological Evolution and Religion
Epigraph: What is the matter with you that you expect not wisdom and staidness from Allah? While He has created you in different forms and ever varying states? (Al Quran 71:14-15) Lead […]
Evolution: Natural Selection or Divine Choice?
Source: Muslim Sunrise, September, 2014 By Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times To grasp the paramount importance of the issue, ‘Natural Selection or Divine Choice,’ we […]
Evolution, Atheism, Christianity and Islam?
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, one of the Founding Fathers of USA Pope Francis joins Pope John Paul II in evading conflict between Evolution and Original […]
Pope Francis joins Pope John Paul II in evading conflict between Evolution and Original Sin
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, one of the Founding […]
Pope Francis’ Partial Response to Evolution, 150 Years Too Late
Epigraph: “The most formidable weapon against errors of every kind is Reason. I have never used any other, and I trust I never shall.” Thomas Paine, one of the Founding […]
Sex ’emerged in ancient Scottish lake’
By Rebecca Morelle, Science Correspondent, BBC News Scientists believe they have discovered the origin of copulation. An international team of researchers says a fish called Microbrachius dickiis the first-known animal to stop reproducing by spawning and instead mate by having sex. The primitive bony fish, which was about 8cm long, lived in […]
Chimps with tools: Wild ape culture caught on camera
Lead researcher on the chimp study, Dr Catherine Hobaiter, explains how the new type of tool use spread through the group of animals Continue reading or see the video in BBC Related Stories Wild chimp language translated Apes are emotional about choices Researchers have captured the spread of a new […]
Evolution Battle Engulfs Texas Board Of Education All Over Again
Source: Huffington Post | By WILL WEISSERT AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The long-simmering battle over teaching evolution in Texas boiled over at a late-night meeting, as the Board of Education extended preliminary approval of new science books for use in classrooms across the state but held up one biology text because […]
‘I can create Neanderthal baby, I just need willing woman’
A scientist has said it would be possible to clone a Neanderthal baby from ancient DNA if he could find a woman willing to act as a surrogate. Source: The Telegraph By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 9:26PM GMT 20 Jan 2013 241 Comments The process would not be legal in many countries […]
'I can create Neanderthal baby, I just need willing woman’
A scientist has said it would be possible to clone a Neanderthal baby from ancient DNA if he could find a woman willing to act as a surrogate. Source: The Telegraph By Rebecca Smith, Medical Editor 9:26PM GMT 20 Jan 2013 241 Comments The process would not be legal in many countries […]
Neanderthal ‘Art’ Found In Cave Sheds Surprising New Light On Ancient Intelligence
| By Ewen Callaway It looks like a game of tic tac toe, but engravings found deep inside a cave in Gibraltar might be a Neanderthal masterpiece. At more than 39,000 […]
Neanderthal 'Art' Found In Cave Sheds Surprising New Light On Ancient Intelligence
| By Ewen Callaway It looks like a game of tic tac toe, but engravings found deep inside a cave in Gibraltar might be a Neanderthal masterpiece. At more than 39,000 […]
What Happens When You Raise Walking Fish Entirely on Land?
http://c.brightcove.com/services/viewer/federated_f9?isVid=1&isUI=1 Source: Slate.com By Jeffrey Bloomer Native to freshwater African riverbanks, bichirs are famous for their strong fins and lungs, allowing them to “walk” and breathe out of water. But the […]
Video: 500 million-year-old fossils discovered
Watch the video in CNN Additional Reading Charles Darwin: An Epiphany for the Muslims, A Catastrophe for the Christians Darwinian Evolution: Islam or Christianity? Exposing Creationism of Zakir Naik, Tahir ul Qadari, Yusuf Estes and Harun Yahya Pope John Paul II and Me: ‘Truth Cannot Contradict Truth!’
Video: 125,000,000-year-old dino tracks found
Watch the video in CNN Source: The Huffington Post A group of dinosaurs roamed across a patch of ground in southeastern Utah around 125 million years ago, leaving behind more […]
Life Discovered In Antarctic Lake That Hasn’t Seen Sunlight For Millions Of Years
Epigraph: Do not the disbelievers see that the heavens and the earth were a closed-up mass, then We opened them out? And We made from water every living thing. Will they not then […]
Reconciling God and Evolution
Epigraph: And We bestowed on David, Solomon who was an excellent servant. He was always turning to Us. When there were brought before him at eventide steeds of noblest breed […]