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Purposeful Lab: Evolutionary Psychology—What Sets Humans Apart

Dan and Catherine discuss evolutionary psychology and the unique characteristics of the human brain that set us apart from other organisms.
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Purposeful Lab: Does the Human Brain Ever Stop Evolving?

On this episode of the Purposeful Lab Podcast, Sofia Carozza answers does the human brain ever stop evolving?
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Purposeful Lab: Crash Course in Evolution

Dan Kuebler offers a crash course in evolution, summarizing convergence in evolution, as well as how the first humans emerged from the hominin species.
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Purposeful Lab: Reconciling Genesis and Evolution

Dan, Catherine, and Mathew Tsakanikas discuss ways to interpret Genesis, Mosaic authorship, and Genesis and evolution from a Catholic perspective.
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Purposeful Lab: Catholic Church and Evolution

Dan and Katherine discuss how to reconcile the Catholic Church and evolution, and how to reconcile evolution with being made in the image of God?
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The Purposeful Lab: Evolution on Planet Earth: A Discussion with Cambridge University’s Simon Conway Morris

In this episode of Purposeful Lab Dan Kuebler interviews Dr. Simon Conway Morris about evolution.
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Introducing The Purposeful Lab

On this first episode of The Purposeful Lab podcast, hosts Dan Kuebler and Catherine Hadro discuss purpose in biology, purpose in the universe, and more.
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Building a Modern Human in 8 Million Years [VIDEO]

Beginning 6 to 7 million years ago, the lineages leading to modern humans and chimpanzees diverged, revealing the origins of our distinct human qualities.
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Dan Kuebler Writes About Pope Benedict’s Last Testimony on Faith and Science

Dan Kuebler Writes about Pope Benedict’s Last Testimony on Faith and Science
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A Revolution in the Study of Ancient DNA

Scientists discovered Neanderthal DNA in a cave in Belgium—one without any Neanderthal fossils. This is a major advance in evolutionary biology.
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Is Increasing Complexity Evolution’s Purpose?

If the last 14 billion years of evolution have shown one thing, it is that there seems to be an inherent direction in evolution — moving toward complexity.
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The Arrow of Evolution [VIDEO]

Dr. Dan Kuebler shows that life seems to have a drive toward complexity. Does that mean the universe is also purposed for complexity?
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