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  I was going to put this article on Human Genesis , but the more I thought about it, the more questions I had.  So my thoughts are here for a more technical discussion instead. In a new paper in the journal Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution , a team of researchers led by Tim Rowe of the University of Texas presents a very detailed analysis of mammoth remains found on property owned by Rowe himself ( see commentary here ).  Rowe is a vertebrate paleontologist, so this is a little out of his normal wheelhouse.  The paper is open access , so you can read it all and check my claims yourself, which I encourage you to do. The bones are the primary story here.  Rowe and colleagues describe in detail attributes of the bones that are consistent with other accepted mammoth butchery sites.  The bones are smashed in patterns that are really only consistent with intentional smashing with pretty heavy implements (probably rocks).  The bones are essentially pulver...

I've been thinking a lot about Galatians today. Now the works of the flesh are evident: sexual immorality, impurity, sensuality, idolatry, sorcery, enmity, strife, jealousy, fits of anger, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, envy, drunkenness, orgies, and things like these. I warn you, as I warned you before, that those who do such things will not inherit the kingdom of God. But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness, self-control; against such things there is no law. And those who belong to Christ Jesus have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires. If we live by the Spirit, let us also keep in step with the Spirit. Let us not become conceited, provoking one another, envying one another.  (Gal. 5:19-26, ESV) The works of the flesh have the usual suspects but also enmity, strife, rivalries, dissensions, divisions, and envy.  It's easy for us to look at all those gross sins and think, I don't do that, I...