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Chinese Lake Monsters?1 comment

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: When I was a kid I was essentially convinced that the Loch Ness Monster (“Nessie”) was r … more →

Tags: Cryptozoology

What?!7 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: I rarely listen to the radio, but when I do, I always turn on NPR (usually WHYY from Philadelphia). … more →

Tags: Books, primates

Beating fossil horses: Creationists take on an "Icon of Evolution"18 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: A representation of our modern understanding of horse evolution, having some beginning diversity, a … more →

Tags: Creationism, Evolution, intelligent design, Paleontology, Science

Scuttling the Aquatic Ape Hypothesis 30 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: On our occasional trips to the New Jersey shore, my wife is always the first one in the water. While … more →

Tags: Evolution, African Wildlife, Ecology, Paleontology, Behavior, primates, mammals, Science

If this comes out on my birthday I'm going to be pissed...17 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: Why does Ben Stein have to go ahead and ruin the month in which I was born? According to a link supp … more →

Tags: Creationism, Idiocy, intelligent design, Movies, Religion, Science

I slept through the announcment of evolution's demise?37 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: Holy smokes! Apparently evolution has been entirely debunked by a new Nature paper that shows eviden … more →

Tags: Creationism, Culture War, Evolution, Paleontology, primates

Idiocy beyond belief; SHARKS DON'T HAVE WEBBED FEET!15 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: Update: Many thanks to Chris for reminding me of one of my most favorite SNL sketches; In March I bl … more →

Tags: Evolution, Fish, Idiocy, Sharks

New England Journal of Medicine Peddles Kitty Woo11 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: In the latest edition of the New England Journal of Medicine, out today, there is a new “Persp … more →

Tags: Behavior, Cats, Medicine

Strange ending to Strange Creations

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: I finished Kossy’s Strange Creations last night, reading the book to my wife as she practiced … more →

Tags: Books, Creationism

Kinky Alien - Ape Sex6 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: There are lots of crackpot beliefs and ideas in the minds of people the world over. Some believe tha … more →

Tags: Books, Creationism, Idiocy, primates, sex

I'd like to see how NOMA would cover this one...

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: PZ has a review of the upcoming book Thank God for Evolution! by Michael Dowd, and it ain’t pr … more →

Tags: Evolution, Idiocy, Books

Strange silence about paleoanthropology from creationists11 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: In preparing my post on human evolution (hopefully covering the evolution from tree-shrews to apes t … more →

Tags: Creationism, Idiocy, Paleontology, Religion, primates

Freudian Field Day; 10 Idiotic Assertions in Psychology Today7 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: Update: Bora had kindly put together a short-list of other bloggers who have addressed the intellect … more →

Tags: Idiocy, Medicine, sex

Fatally bad3 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: I finally finished Jeff Rovin’s Fatalis, and while I generally have a great love and respect f … more →

Tags: Idiocy, Big Cats, Books

What the hell is a "Fandor"?8 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: And I thought I had seen it all. Not very long ago I wrote a post on the newly discovered Gigantorap … more →

Tags: intelligent design, Dinosaurs, Creationism, Idiocy, Religion, Books

RMNH?2 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: AiG just can’t stop crowing about its new creation funhouse, although bloggers who have been h … more →

Tags: Creationism, museum

Army of God Terrorists, Part II1 comment

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: Terrorists love to spread propaganda and make threats, so it should come as so surprise that those w … more →

Tags: Culture War, Idiocy, Religion

Gigantoraptor!7 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: How can I ever get my long-promised posts done when amazing new dinosaurs keep coming up out of the … more →

Tags: Evolution, Dinosaurs, Paleontology

"Make me a cell, darn it!" sez Jim6 comments

laelaps wrote 2 years ago: [Note: I know this is a canned quote; I've seen it before. Given some of the spelling errors and wha … more →

Tags: Creationism


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