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Teachers: Creationism Belongs in Science Class

By Robert Roy Britt last updated

UK survey: 29 percent of teachers there think creationism and intelligent design should be taught as science.

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Origin of Life: What Are the Odds?

By Robert Roy Britt last updated

How life began is one of life's great mysteries.

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an illustration of a Neanderthal face

As Myth Marries Science, the Origin Story Matters (Op-Ed)

By Roger Briggs last updated

Opinion In modern times, scientific understanding replaces myths as the origin story for humanity.

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Denisovan molar found

Genome of Mysterious Extinct Human Reveals Brown-Eyed Girl

By Charles Q. Choi last updated

... and other surprises are revealed in the Denisovan DNA.

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One of the recently recovered notebooks features Charles Darwin's first sketch of the "tree of life."

Charles Darwin's stolen 'tree of life' notebooks returned after 20 years

By Harry Baker published

A pair of Charles Darwin's notebooks, which were stolen in late 2000, have been anonymously returned to the library that once held them.

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The origin of life might be discovered by looking into our DNA

7 theories on the origin of life

By Charles Q. Choi, Scott Dutfield published

Reference From lightning to space rocks, here are ideas for how the first life on Earth came to be.

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The X and Y chromosomes determine sex development in almost all mammals.

Weird chromosome loss found in these creeping voles

By Stephanie Pappas published

Creeping voles lost their Y chromosome, but they don't seem to be missing the sex chromosome.

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An artist's depiction of Archaean islands.

First life could have evolved on ancient islands

By Stephanie Pappas published

Earth could have hosted islands as long as 4 billion years ago, leaving open the possibility that the first life could have evolved on land rather than near hydrothermal vents.

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lightning striking Earth

The electric hum of life may have originated with primordial lightning

By Mara Johnson-Groh published

A low-frequency hum in our cells syncs may have synced with ancient sky bolts.

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a man looking up at night sky

Humans May Be the Only Intelligent Life in the Universe, If Evolution Has Anything to Say

By Nick Longrich published

Opinion A look at 4.5 billion years of Earth's history tells us that intelligence, including extraterrestrial intelligence, is unlikely to evolve.

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