Kent Hovind’s doctoral thesis
Dr Kent Hovind’s was once a prominant creationist, until he went to prison for tax fraud. As a result his rate of publication has dropped off slightly, but don’t worry. […]
Category Archives: Creationism
Humans are only 70% chimp?
Around 80% of the human genome has an equivalent section in the chimp genome. When we compare these sections we find that they’re around 99% similar. That means, for example, […]
Lucy the knuckle walker? Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth
This post also appeared on The Advanced Apes Many moons ago I stumbled across Answers in Genesis’s reconstruction of the “Lucy” specimen (who belonged to the species Australopithecus afarensis, an […]
Fitting the ice age into creationism – Misguided Mondays
Over the past week or so several creationist sites have written about how the ice age fits into the Biblical chronology. The most prominent of these being Answers in Genesis, […]
Our ancestors didn’t innovate – Misguided Mondays
It’s a common creationist mantra that with the same evidence you can arrive at very different conclusions based on the “assumptions” through which you interpret the evidence. The unstated conclusion […]
Cave art: A creationist hoax
In 1879 Marcelino Sanz de Sautuola was conducting an archaeological excavation of the entrance to Altamira Cave, Spain. He’d just returned from a French conference on prehistory and was determined to make some […]
Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #6:The conclusion
And so we arrive at the grand conclusion of Answers in Genesis response (parts 1, 2,3 4 & 5). It follows the standard creationist formula of “finish with a pat […]
Answers in Genesis v EvoAnth #5: The hip
This is the fifth article in my series responding to Answers in Genesis critique of my post claiming that their creation museum wrongly portrays the famous Australopithecus afarensis specimen “Lucy” (AL 288-1) […]
Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #3: Lumbar lordosis
Piltdown superman has recently promoted Answers in Genesis’ 6,000 word diatribe against my post criticising their depiction of the famous Lucy specimen. This persuaded me to get my act together […]
Answers in Genesis v Evoanth #2: The foramen magnum
Welcome back to EvoAnth v. AiG round 2. If you cast your mind’s eye back a few weeks you’ll recall Answers in Genesis – famous purveyor of all things creationist […]
