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Human migration denotes any movement by humans from one locality to another, often over long distances or in large groups. Humans are known to have migrated extensively throughout history and prehistory.
The Wikipedia article on human migration is fairly extensive but getting interested in the subject does spark some questions.
There were several migrations through Asia. What [...]

The best evidence for a very old earth are angular unconformities. Angular unconformities require several distinct steps each requiring significant lengths of time. An interesting discussion on the EvC forum.

Deposition
Lithification (Read more)
Sometimes metamorphosis
Tilting
Erosion
Deposition
Lithification
Tilting again on occasions

The nice thing about unconformities is that they are common and visible in road cuts everywhere. They do not [...]

This is something I’ve always pondered. My friends and I have discussed it — like most scientific questions that come up — ad nauseam. So when I saw it posted on Slashdot in reference to the movie Sunshine, I said to myself “ooh.”
The question is answered to some detail in a recent Q&A [...]

Atheism: A Brief History of Disbelief — 2, 3, 4.
An excellent documentary on the history of Atheism from the ancient Greeks to today. Wonderful food for thought whether you are a believer or not.

Taking a dip the sea can be a hazardous business today. But there were times in the past when going anywhere near the ocean would have been downright foolhardy.

Marine reptiles big enough to crush boats between their jaws and vicious, predatory whales are amongst the bizarre and deadly creatures that roamed the Earth’s ancient [...]

National Geographic has a story up concerning the question.
The story concerns Cioclovina 1 - a skull discovered in 1942 and recently reanalyzed by a group that includes Erik Trinkaus. The group argues that the skull displays nuchal morphology found only in Neanderthals, along with some derived modern human features. (via Afarensis)
So, were Neanderthals our enemies [...]

The Turkish creationist sunk a whole lot of money sending an elaborate creationist book to thousands of biologists.
I’m sure he felt he was doing us a favor in sending us the light, but most of the recipients were feeling something less pleasant — it’s like receiving a gilded dead rat in the mail. Now the [...]