# palaeontology (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 3 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover palaeontology. Page: Feed: --- ## [Refuting Creationism - Japanese Jōmon People Diversified From Other Asian People About 10,000 Years Before 'Creation Week'](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-japanese-jomon.html) _2026-08-22 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ \[caption\] \[credit\] Japanese Archipelago during the last glacial maximum (LGM) when sea-levels were at their lowest. Grey areas were land which is now submerged. Cold-Climate Adaptations of East Eurasian Hunter-Gatherers Who Lived During the Ice Age, as Revealed by the Jomon Genome - SCHOOL OF SCIENCE THE UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO Belief in the literal truth and inerrancy of the Bible’s origin myths… ## [Unintelligent Design - The Evolutionary Compromises That Made The Human Female Pelvis - No Intelligence Involved](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/unintelligent-design-evolutionary.html) _2026-08-22 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ Virtual reconstructions of the Neanderthal pelvises of a 1.5-year-old infant from Dederiyeh Cave, Syria (left), and a young adult female from Sima de las Palomas de Cabezo Gordo, Spain (right). Age- and sex-matched modern human pelvises are superimposed in transparency to highlight form differences. Image credit: Marcia Ponce de León and Christoph Zollikofer (University of Zurich) A Neanderthal… ## [Refuting Creationism - Observed Evolution Of Live Birth in the European Common Lizard](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-observed-evolution.html) _2026-08-21 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ European common lizard, Zootoca vivipara Image credit: Meredith Kimble European common lizard, Zootoca vivipara By Ocrdu - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0 , Link University of Glasgow - University news - Scientists uncover the evolutionary process behind live birth in lizards Live birth is not a simple characteristic that could be produced by switching a single gene on or off. Retaining embryos inside the… ## [Refuting Creationism - Denisovans Show Why Scepticism Is The Stuff Of Good Science, But Toxic To Creationism](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-denisovans-show.html) _2026-08-20 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ The Harbin cranium From: Fu Q, Cao P, Dai Q (2025) Reconstruction of Homo longi from the Harbin cranium, now identified as that of a Denisovan. Nobu Tamura , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons. Were Denisovans tall compared to other ancient humans? We should be sceptical One of the most important differences between science and creationism is not that science possesses absolute certainty while… ## [Creationism in Crisis - Penguin Fossils Expose Creationist Lies](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/creationism-in-crisis-penguin-fossils.html) _2026-08-20 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ Ancient Penguin Fossils Offer New Window into Antarctica’s Changing Climate | Blog Fossil collection sites, Seymour Island, Antarctica. Images credit: Boyang Xia et al. Embarrassed by the wealth of fossils documenting an orderly succession of changing life over hundreds of millions of years, creationists traditionally fall back on several almost equally implausible attempts to reconcile the… ## [Creationism in Crisis - Hunting for Earth’s First Complex Life](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/creationism-in-crisis-hunting-for.html) _2026-08-19 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ The bird cliff Stappen, southern Bjørnøya (Bear Island) in the Barents Sea. The island is part of Svalbard, Norway. Michael Haferkamp , CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons Microfossils from a sediment core of the Deep Sea Drilling Project (DSDP), Sediment sample with microfossils Hannes Grobe (talk), Alfred Wegener Institute , CC BY 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons On The Hunt For Earth’s First… ## [Refuting Creationism - Rationalising The Complex Hominin Taxonomy](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-rationalising.html) _2026-08-19 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ Evolution is a process not an event AI-generated image (ChatGPT 5.6 Sol) Where does red become blue? Why it might be time to rethink the human family tree. Taxonomy is an indispensable tool for organising the living world, but it can also create a misleading impression of nature divided into sharply separated compartments. The familiar Linnaean hierarchy was devised in a pre-evolutionary age,… ## [Refuting Creationism - How Flightless Beetles Evolved On Japanese Islands](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-how-flightless.html) _2026-08-18 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ Carabus blaptoides By Adan - Photo taken by Adan at Sendai Miyagi, Japan., CC BY-SA 3.0 , Link Reach in or crush the shell? A flightless snail-hunting beetle evolved different body shapes even without a sea barrier | EurekAlert! Montage created by AI (ChatGPT 5.6 Sol) Phylogenetic relationships and geographic distribution of Carabus blaptoides Junji Konuma Islands have repeatedly provided some of… ## [Female clones created from the blood of male mice](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2585076-female-clones-created-from-the-blood-of-male-mice/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-18 · Chris Simms · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ A CRISPR-based tool can perform sex reversal on male mouse embryos, reliably turning them into healthy females – a feat that could be valuable for conservation ## [Refuting Creationism - How Death Stalked South America In The Form Of Giant Crocodylians - Over 10 Million Years Before 'Creation Week'](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-how-death-stalked.html) _2026-08-17 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ \[caption\] \[credit\] Reconstruction of Purussarus neivensis attacking Pericotoxodon platignathus. Image: Miguel Hernandez. Giant crocodylians dominated the food chain in Miocene South America | University of Helsinki . If the Young-Earth creationist claim that there was no death, suffering or predation before Eve’s supposed ‘sin’ were true, four fossil specimens preserved in museum collections in… ## [Hire AI-Powered Freelancers Fast (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aq9rRVMBCYw6) _2026-08-17 · **Sponsored**_ Browse and hire skilled professionals using AI tools — free to post, free to apply. ## [Refuting Creationism - Transformation of the Northwest African Landscape - Over 24 Million Years](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-transformation-of.html) _2026-08-16 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ 24 million Years ago 5.3 million years ago AI-generated images (ChatGPT 5.6 Sol) Northwest Africa, 24 Million years ago. AI-Generated image (ChatGPT 5.6 Sol) African grasslands became widespread over five million years earlier than previously known | EurekAlert! To anyone familiar with Africa today, its extensive grasslands and savannahs can seem almost timeless: landscapes of grasses, scattered… ## [Refuting Creationism - Filling Gaps In The Record - With Neanderthal Tools About 200,000 Years Before 'Creation Week'](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-filling-gaps-in.html) _2026-08-16 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ Neanderthals working in the Abri 122/1200, Vârghiș Gorges, Romania AI-generated image (ChatGPT 5.6 Sol) Abri 122/1200, Vârghiș Gorges, Eastern Carpathians, Romania Research paper: Insights into Neanderthal technological practices: Evidence of anthropogenic modifications on animal bones at the Abri 122/1200 Middle Paleolithic site (Eastern Carpathians, Romania) One of creationism’s favourite… ## [Refuting Creationism - Mammals May Have Evolved Live Birth 236 Million Years Before 'Creation Week'](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-mammals-may-have.html) _2026-08-15 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ "Triassic Mothers," a life reconstruction of a group of Chiniquodon theotonicus individuals, a pregnant female (left) as well as a female (right) breastfeeding few, relatively large neonates. Credit: María de los Ángeles Miceli Baro. New fossil evidence challenges the story of mammalian birth A newly published study suggests that one characteristic commonly associated with modern mammals—giving… ## [Refuting Creationism - How Humans Evolved, Migrated And Interacted In The Nile Valley - 34,000 Years Before Creation Week'](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/refuting-creationism-how-humans-evolved.html) _2026-08-15 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ The history of Homo sapiens in Africa between 44,000 and 3,000 years ago was one of isolation, migration, interaction and replacement a shown by characteristic inner ear labyrinth morphologies. AI-generated image (ChatGPT 5.6 Sol) Research paper: Bony labyrinth morphology reveals deep population history and isolation among Homo sapiens in prehistoric northeastern Africa (44–3 ka) | Nature… ## [Unintelligent Design - The Perpetual Evolutionary Arms Race In Your Gut](http://rosarubicondior.blogspot.com/2026/08/unintelligent-design-perpetual.html) _2026-08-14 · Rosa Rubicondior · Rosa Rubicondior_ Certain bacteriophages found in the human gut have mutation hotspots scattered throughout their genomes that help them modify key defense genes, researchers report. Credit: Sundharraman Subramanian and Alaina Pabbathi Cryo-EM Core Facility Michigan State University Mutation hotspots help 'friendly' viruses outmaneuver the bacteria in your gut One of the more persistent creationist falsehoods is… ## [Mammal ancestors were giving birth to live young 236 million years ago](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2584319-mammal-ancestors-were-giving-birth-to-live-young-236-million-years-ago/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-13 · James Woodford · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ Almost all mammals give birth rather than laying eggs, and we have new clues about when they began to do so ## [Gene-edited dogs lack the protein that causes allergies](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583502-two-dogs-lack-the-protein-that-causes-allergies-thanks-to-gene-editing/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-05 · Michael.Lepage@newscientist.com · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ A company has created dogs that do not have the main protein that provokes allergies, and hopes to get approval to start selling them ## [Can we finally use bacteria from crime scenes to solve cases?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580713-can-we-finally-use-bacteria-from-crime-scenes-to-solve-cases/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-05 · Matthew Ponsford · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ Every crime scene contains hidden microbial clues. Now, after decades of promise, researchers are establishing what those bacterial traces can reliably reveal – and whether the evidence will ever stand up in court ## [Large predators reduce car accidents by keeping deer off roads](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583449-large-predators-reduce-car-accidents-by-keeping-deer-off-roads/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-05 · Michael.Lepage@newscientist.com · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ We already know wolves can make roads safer, and now it's been shown that the presence of cougars reduces deer collisions by 76 per cent ## [Should you stop using preventive flea treatments on your pets?](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583235-should-you-stop-using-preventive-flea-treatments-on-your-pets/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-04 · Michael.Lepage@newscientist.com · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ It has been assumed for decades that tick and flea treatments for pets pose no threat to wildlife or people, but there is growing evidence that we have got it wrong ## [Licensed Dispensaries, Pay with Crypto (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/NVhKm1TWtu7G) _2026-08-04 · **Sponsored**_ Search verified licensed dispensaries and pay with Bitcoin, Lightning, or stablecoins. ## [Darwin proved right about gnat-trapping carnivorous plant](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2583122-darwin-proved-right-about-gnat-trapping-carnivorous-plant/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-08-04 · James Woodford · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ Botanists have finally proved what Charles Darwin was unable to nail down – that a genus of plants known to catch insects also digests them, suggesting the extent of plant carnivory has been underestimated ## [Spectacular fossil preserves internal organs of ancient marine reptile](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2582138-spectacular-fossil-preserves-internal-organs-of-ancient-marine-reptile/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-07-29 · James Woodford · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ A stunningly intact marine reptile named Austronaga minuta that lived around 245 million years ago may have looked like a miniature version of more famous later ocean predators, like plesiosaurs ## [Plankton get a close-up in these stunning photographs](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2580771-plankton-get-a-close-up-in-these-stunning-photographs/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-07-29 · Roberta Cojocaru · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ The strange world of plankton is revealed by Julian Cremona in these intricate images from his new book ## [Extraordinary ichthyosaur fossil shows its last meal was a pterosaur](https://www.newscientist.com/article/2582125-extraordinary-ichthyosaur-fossil-shows-its-last-meal-was-a-pterosaur/?utm_campaign=RSS|NSNS&utm_content=life&utm_medium=RSS&utm_source=NSNS) _2026-07-29 · James Urquhart · Life – latest in science and technology | New Scientist_ The remains of an orca-sized ichthyosaur include evidence of what it ate – before it too got eaten by an even bigger marine predator