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The scientific world was buzzing this week as the ancient bones of up to 15 skeletons were put on display at a South African university. Discovered in an almost inaccessible cave system requiring people to slither through tunnels no larger than 10 inches, the bones were removed and reassembled for study. Attending scientists believe the remains are that of man’s early ancestors, a branch of the human evolutionary tree, and named it “Homo Naledi.”

The strange thing about the skeletons is that they are ape-like in many ways (small brain, large shoulders, etc.), but also display human-like features. Some believe the skeletons are an ancient burial chamber. Early guesses peg the age of the bones anywhere from 10,000 years old to several million. Many newspapers and magazines are over the top with excitement, hinting that the theory of human evolution is further confirmed. Continue reading →

I am always interested in reasons to believe in God, and one such reason is science’s law of biogenesis. But before talking about biogenesis, we should define what makes a scientific law a law in the first place. A scientific law is a discovery achieved through extensive investigation which consistently points to one conclusion. The laws of science explain how things work in nature all the time, without exception. The most common scientific law that I can think of is the law of gravity; when we let go of something, we know where to look for it – it’s down there. The difference between a “law” and a “theory” is that a scientific law points to one conclusion; all the time. A theory points to a possibility among many possibilities. Continue reading →

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