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Advanced Egyptian writing

Advanced Egyptian writing

Egyptian hieroglyphics have no known forerunners.
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05 Dec, 2024
Has an ape learned to talk?

Has an ape learned to talk?

Claims circulated widely in the early part of this century that a chimp had learned to talk. When you see our comments on it at that time, it’s no surprise that it hasn’t gone anywhere since.
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24 May, 2023
Adam: Five things you may not know about him

Adam: Five things you may not know about him

First man Adam, made of dust of the ground, head of mankind, husband of Eve, Y-chromosome progenitor, rib bone donor.
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27 Feb, 2023
Puzzling over evolution of language

Puzzling over evolution of language

The ‘great apes’ are not-so-great at providing clues as to our origins
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06 Oct, 2021
The oldest example of applied geometry in the world

The oldest example of applied geometry in the world

A newly interpreted Old-Babylonian clay tablet reveals a sophisticated understanding of mathematics and survey consistent with the biblical timeframe
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16 Sep, 2021
Genetics supports a biblical model of human origins

Genetics supports a biblical model of human origins

Genetics has created confusion for evolutionary hypotheses of human origins, but confirmed the biblical framework.
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25 Jun, 2021
The world’s oldest alphabet

The world’s oldest alphabet

Evidence suggests that the first alphabet may have been developed by the Hebrews, not the Phoenicians, as commonly believed.
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04 Jun, 2020
The languages of Babel

The languages of Babel

The origin of languages conflicts with evolution and fits with the tower of Babel account in Genesis.
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11 Nov, 2019
Born to communicate

Born to communicate

Amazingly, deaf children stranded by themselves develop their own complete sign language. 
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06 Jun, 2018
The sixteen grandsons of Noah

The sixteen grandsons of Noah

Secular history gives much evidence to show that the survivors of Noah’s Flood were real historical figures, whose names were indelibly carved on much of the ancient world …
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07 Feb, 2018
The sounds of long-dead languages

The sounds of long-dead languages

Many ancient people left a written record of the spoken word, but it takes hard work to understand the texts.
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14 Oct, 2017
Defending Faith of Our Fathers

Defending Faith of Our Fathers

Dr Chan Kei Thong, author of Faith of our Fathers, answers a critical review.
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03 Mar, 2013
The original ‘unknown’ god of China

The original ‘unknown’ god of China

The oldest Chinese writing shows that the people had the knowledge of the God of Genesis.
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26 May, 2010
The language faculty: following the evidence

The language faculty: following the evidence

Attempts to link language and biological evolution have encountered impassible problems but the evidence points to a designed system.
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12 Mar, 2010
Dating of “oldest pottery” from China is based on assumptions

Dating of “oldest pottery” from China is based on assumptions

Dating of
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11 Jun, 2009
The Tower of Babel account affirmed by linguistics

The Tower of Babel account affirmed by linguistics

How the account in Genesis 11 accurately records the origin of different languages.
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26 Jun, 2008