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• Sima de los Huesos Reveals Surprising Genetic Connections

  Dec. 16, 2013

  The “Pit of Bones” in a cavern in northern Spain was the final resting place for 28 of Europe’s earliest human inhabitants, Homo heidelbergensis.

• Can Lake on Mars Support Life?

  Dec. 14, 2013

  When a feature on Mars was noted to resemble a dry lake bed, researchers anticipated it would be a “candy store of targets” in the search for Martian life.

• Mystery of the Flower’s Missing Pollen: A Paleobotanical Puzzle

  Dec. 12, 2013

  Fossil has paleobotanists puzzling over the evolutionary origin of floral pollen.

• Crow Intelligence Said to Evolve Differently from Humans

  Dec. 9, 2013

  Do smart crows reveal an alternate evolutionary path to intelligence?

• Ancient Meteorite Said to Harbor Secrets of Watery Martian Past

  Dec. 7, 2013

  Black Beauty may tell the tale of the Red Planet’s youth.

• Research Paper

  Super-salty Water Sealed Beneath Chesapeake Bay Impact Crater

  Dec. 5, 2013

  Does the Chesapeake Bay crater memorialize a meteorite impact from the time of Noah’s Flood?

• First Life on Earth

  Nov. 25, 2013

  Microbially-induced sedimentary structures (MISS) in ancient Australian Archean rock match marks made by modern microbes.

• Did Archaeopteryx Evolve Flight and Then Get Grounded?

  Nov. 21, 2013

  “Proto-bird” or transitional form? Archaeopteryx gets its walking papers at Los Angeles conference.

• New Tyrannosaur Pushes Back Evolutionary Timeline

  Nov. 9, 2013

  Remarkably advanced tyrannosaur too low on the evolutionary staircase complicates dinosaur lineage.

• Research Paper

  Do Chimp Alarm Calls Reveal How Human Language Evolved?

  Nov. 7, 2013

  Does the chimpanzee ability to see-a-snake and sound-a-signal recapitulate the evolutionary underpinnings of human language?

• Vegetarian Piranhas’ Teeth Point to Pre-Fall Perfection

  Oct. 31, 2013

  The fearsome piranha’s vegetarian version uses its teeth to shred plants, not meat.

• Did Our Ancestors Evolve Into Humans Feet First?

  Oct. 21, 2013

  Belief that bipedal locomotion was the key to human evolution gets flipped on its hands.

• First Fossil Mosquito Found Filled with Blood

  Oct. 19, 2013

  Not old enough for Jurassic Park, this mosquito likely filled up on North American bird blood long ago.

• In-Depth Article

  Are We Globally Warming Our World to Death?

  Sept. 30, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  The United Nations has spoken, declaring that it’s our fault. Global warming, that is.

• Research Paper

  Sutter’s Mill Meteorite Harbors a Wealth of Elusive Organics

  Sept. 16, 2013

  The inventory of life’s building blocks in space rocks rises.

• Do Genetic Similarities in Bats and Dolphins Echo Evolutionary Convergence?

  Sept. 14, 2013

  Surprising number of genomic “echoes” are associated with biological sonar in dolphins and bats.

• The Secret Lives of Frozen Frogs

  Sept. 5, 2013

  Freeze-tolerant frogs exhibit a complex array of adaptations perfectly tailored for harsh Alaskan winters.

• Does a Recycled Climate Model Explain Evolutionary Ice Ages?

  Aug. 22, 2013

  The magical model that creates cyclic ice ages from practically nothing

• Circular Reasoning Surrounds Human Origins, but Even a Broken Clock Is Right Twice a Day

  Aug. 12, 2013

  Mitochondrial Eve finally meets Y-chromosome Adam (sort of).

• Research Paper

  Were Birdbrains on the Dinosaur Pre-flight Checklist for Evolution?

  Aug. 10, 2013

  Evolutionists say birds evolved from dinosaurs with flight-ready brains.

• Lizards Begat Lizards

  July 25, 2013

  Evolutionists generally view “live-bearing” as an evolutionary advance over more primitive “egg-laying.”

• Defining Marriage—Supreme Court v. Sovereign God

  June 27, 2013

  In a pair of landmark decisions, the Supreme Court of the United States yesterday laid the groundwork for the creation of a new civil right to same-sex “marriage.”

• The World’s Oldest Water?

  June 13, 2013

  Researchers believe water trapped in tiny fractures within sulphide deposits has had no contact with water exposed for 1.5 to 2.64 billion years.

• In-Depth Article

  Like Dolly, Only Human

  June 5, 2013 from Answers in Depth

  The human cloning method of Shoukhrat Mitalipov’s group re-ignites the bioethics of the human embryonic stem cell debate at a whole new level.

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