Wednesday’s Daily Science Update comes from Dr Jeffrey Tomkins, who claims that “Newly Discovered Human Brain Genes Are Bad News for Evolution.” Well, he would take the contrary view to the other news coverage on this study: see, for example, “The humanity switch: How one gene made us brainier” in the New Scientist for an example of the other.
Posts Tagged ‘Genetics’
7 May
Domesticating the Aurochs
It might be May now, but Brian Thomas is still posting about things from late March. Today’s science ‘news’ comes from a press release from the UCL, “DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago.” Brian’s article is “Study Finds DNA Clues to Cattle Origins.”
18 Dec
Divine Inheritance
The That’s a Fact video for the last week before Christmas is completely unrelated to creationism, and is called Baby Zygote.
24 Nov
INDELs
There was no DpSU for Wednesday from the Institute for Creation Research. Instead, on there home page is a Days of Praise article called Giving Thanks for Christian Friends. From this I take it that they’re taking the time off to celebrate Thanksgiving, a holiday with all the hallmarks of a pagan Harvest Festival without [...]
27 Aug
Late To The Party: Historical Adam
As you may be aware, a few weeks ago there was a great furore about the possibility that some evangelicals may have “come to their senses” on the subject of whether or not Adam and Eve actually existed. This was what, two, two and a half weeks ago now? The eternally late Institute for Creation [...]
10 Aug
Homo (sapiens?) neanderthalensis
Some weeks back it was announced – in the words of Jennifer Viegas of Discovery News, to take an example at random – that “All Non-Africans Part Neanderthal, Genetics Confirm.” The “confirms” part referring to the ongoing discussion about whether or not humans and Neanderthals bred with each other. Before now it was merely “thought,” [...]
