The God Edition | Searching among the bones for Homo naledi’s soul
Drew Forrest uses one of South Africa’s most important hominid discoveries to debate the paradoxes and contradictions inherent in the religious doctrine of ‘ensoulment’
Charles Darwin
Johannes Phokela is on the comeback trail
A new exhibition at Zeitz Mocaa in Cape Town should reinstate the talented artist as one of South Africa’s leading painters
Covid-19 pandemic: An opportunity to press the reset button on capitalism?
Human greed has brought us to the brink of societal collapse. It is time for a student-led revolution to promote a transition to a new economic system
Only dishonest mental gymnastics can hold up the hypothesis of race ‘science’
Although it is totally discredited, its pervasive influence still colours perceptions because of its long association with empirical validity
Unravelling Darwin’s ‘hunch’
This beautifully written, well researched story of the origins of man forces us to today confront the social construct of ‘race’
Think of God, think of a crying infant
Christmas presents God as a baby, invoking Christianity as a deeper form of humanism.
‘Ancestor’ fossils show evolving early humans
Research into two-million year old fossils has found a genus of early humans that were right in the middle of evolving.
Finding Mount Improbable
MOVIE OF THE WEEK: <b>Peter Bradshaw</b> reviews <em>Creation</em>, starring Paul Bettany as Charles Darwin.
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The dissent of man
It’s astounding to think that On the Origin of Species — a book that pushed us of our pedestals — has been around for so long.
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Science is just one gene away from defeating religion
The idea that human rationality is a gift from God is often used as a justification, or excuse, for scientific inquiry.
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Tourism curbed in bid to save Galapagos haven
Record numbers of tourist developments have threatened the Galapagos Islands’ endangered plant and animal species.
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Council of Europe to vote on creationism
Europe’s main human rights body will vote next week on a resolution opposing the teaching of creationist and intelligent design views in school science classes. The Council of Europe’s Parliamentary Assembly will debate a resolution saying attacks on the theory of evolution were rooted ”in forms of religious extremism”
