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Thursday, February 2, 2006

A second antievolution bill in Michigan. January 30, 2006: House Bill 5606 was introduced in the Michigan House of Representatives on January 24, 2006, and referred to the Committee on Education, chaired by the bill's primary sponsor, Brian Palmer (R-District 36). If enacted, HB 5606 would amen ... [National Center for Science Education]
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Evolution Sunday!. January 31, 2006: Hundreds of Christian churches all over the country are taking part in Evolution Sunday, February 12, 2006. Michael Zimmerman, the initiator of the project, writes, "For far too long, strident voices, in the name of Christianity, have been claiming that people must choose between ... [National Center for Science Education]
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"Intelligent design" belittles God, says Vatican astronomer. February 1, 2006: The director of the Vatican Observatory, Father George V. Coyne S.J., delivered a talk in which he argued that "the Intelligent Design (ID) movement, while evoking a God of power and might, a designer God, actually belittles God" on January 31, 2006. His talk, entitled "Science Does Not Need God. Or Does It? A Catholic Scientist Looks at Evoluti ... [National Center for Science Education]
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Dog graves show ancient humans cared. One of the most extensive surveys of the earliest known dog burials suggests humans domesticated canines much later than other studies show. The survey, which suggests domestication occurred between 13,000... [Stone Pages Archaeo News]
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A skeletal glimpse of the past. SNEADS FERRY a ' When Robbie Lynn unearthed a skull Monday while digging behind a house under construction in the Chadwick Shores development in Sneads Ferry, he initially thought it was a turtle shell. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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Skeletons were those of African slaves. University of Wisconsin researchers say skeletons found in a Mexican cemetery were those of the earliest-known African slaves in the Western Hemisphere. [Archaeology - Topix.net]
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