FYI: These stories may have evolved over time, but they all entered the fossil record sometime over the last six days. - jp
A Century Ago, a High School Teacher From a Small Tennessee Town Ignited a National Debate Over Human Evolution
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/a-century-ago-a-high-school-teacher-from-a-small-tennessee-town-ignited-a-national-debate-over-human-evolution-180986515/
With a massive Noah's ark and museum, group spreads creationism a century after Scopes trial
https://www.10tv.com/video/news/nation-world/with-a-massive-noahs-ark-and-museum-group-spreads-creationism-a-century-after-scopes-trial/530-925cbd92-6fcf-4e15-af2d-1d0fa3c107c8
100 years after the Scopes trial, creationist beliefs show no sign of waning
https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2025/05/22/100-years-after-the-scopes-trial-creationist-beliefs-show-no-sign-of-waning/
Monkey Trial Turns 100: Defense For Creationism on the Rise
https://www.10tv.com/video/news/nation-world/with-a-massive-noahs-ark-and-museum-group-spreads-creationism-a-century-after-scopes-trial/530-925cbd92-6fcf-4e15-af2d-1d0fa3c107c8
Possible slippery slope for evolution education averted by split Supreme Court decision?
https://ncse.ngo/possible-slippery-slope-evolution-education-averted-split-supreme-court-decision
A crossroads in the timeline of human evolution
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41576-025-00855-w
A 28,000-year-old 'hybrid child' confirms interbreeding between humans and Neanderthals
https://www.earth.com/news/28000-year-old-hybrid-child-confirms-interbreeding-between-humans-and-neanderthals/
The other Homo sapiens: We are just one branch of a diverse human family tree. Aside from Neanderthals, who were they – and why did we replace them?
https://oversight.house.gov/hearing/the-jfk-files-assessing-over-60-years-of-the-federal-governments-obstruction-obfuscation-and-deception/
Scientists Found Evidence of Our Ancient Human Ancestors Underwater, Suggesting a Sunken World
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/archaeology/a64838465/homo-erectus-java/
Denisovans: Ancient Humans Who Changed the Story of Our Evolution https://slguardian.org/denisovans-ancient-humans-who-changed-the-story-of-our-evolution/
Meat-rich diets and a single gene variant may have contributed to the physiological evolution of modern humans
https://phys.org/news/2025-05-meat-rich-diets-gene-variant.html
Human Teeth Evolved From Body Armor of Extinct Species
https://www.mensjournal.com/news/human-teeth-fish-body-armor-study
New Genetic Evidence Challenges the Idea That Human Evolution Has Stalled
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/surprising-genetic-evidence-shows-human-evolution-in-recent-millennia/
Humans Are Evolving Right in Front of Our Eyes on The Tibetan Plateau
https://www.sciencealert.com/humans-are-evolving-right-in-front-of-our-eyes-on-the-tibetan-plateau
Hummingbirds Have Rapidly Evolved In California Over The Past Century
https://www.iflscience.com/hummingbirds-have-rapidly-evolved-in-california-over-the-past-century-79339
Bird feeders have caused a dramatic evolution of California hummingbirds
https://www.science.org/content/article/bird-feeders-have-caused-dramatic-evolution-california-hummingbirds
Habitat and humans shaped sloth evolution and extinction
https://popular-archaeology.com/article/habitat-and-humans-shaped-sloth-evolution-and-extinction/
Giant ground sloths evolved three different times for the same reason
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2481349-giant-ground-sloths-evolved-three-different-times-for-the-same-reason/
Repeatability of evolution and genomic predictions of temperature adaptation in seed beetles
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-025-02716-5
Study reveals different phases of evolution during ice age
https://www.bournemouth.ac.uk/news/2025-05-22/study-reveals-different-phases-evolution-during-ice-age
A Trove of Ice Age Fossils Buried in a Wyoming Cave Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Prehistoric Animals
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/trove-ice-age-fossils-buried-in-wyoming-cave-rewriting-understanding-prehistoric-animals-180986577/
Unlocking Secrets: Rare Archaeopteryx Fossil Reveals How the First Bird Took Flight
https://news.faharas.net/323541/a-rare-archaeopteryx-fossil-was/
Fossil Hunters Discover Earliest Known Footprints of a Reptile-Like Creature, Pushing Back the Timeline of Their Evolution
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/fossil-hunters-discover-earliest-known-footprints-of-a-reptile-like-creature-pushing-back-the-timeline-of-their-evolution-180986635/
650 million year old creature found in California lake reveals how life evolved
https://www.thebrighterside.news/post/650-million-year-old-creature-found-in-california-lake-reveals-how-life-evolved/
A Close Unicellular Relative Reveals Aggregative Multicellularity Was Key To The Evolution Of Animals
https://astrobiology.com/2025/05/a-close-unicellular-relative-reveals-aggregative-multicellularity-was-key-to-the-evolution-of-animals.html
How Membranes May Have Brought About The Chemistry Of Life On Earth
https://astrobiology.com/2025/05/how-membranes-may-have-brought-about-the-chemistry-of-life-on-earth.html
However Life Got Started on Earth, it Didn’t Take Long
https://scitechdaily.com/however-life-got-started-on-earth-it-didnt-take-long/
Our DNA May Evolve Much Faster Than Previously Thought
https://scitechdaily.com/our-dna-may-evolve-much-faster-than-previously-thought/
‘Selfish’ genes called introners proven to be a major source of genetic complexity
https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/05/selfish-genintroners-proven-major-source-of-genetic-complexity/
These Elderly Korean Sea Women Have a Genetic “Superpower”
https://scitechdaily.com/these-elderly-korean-sea-women-have-a-genetic-superpower/
Viking age DNA reveals 9,000-year-old HIV-resistant gene originating near the Black Sea
https://archaeologymag.com/2025/05/viking-age-dna-reveals-9000-year-old-hiv-resistant-gene/
How elephants evolved to beat cancer, and how we could too
https://newatlas.com/biology/elephants-beat-evolution-cancer-p53-gene-petos-paradox/