A Newcastle University press release title reads, “Origins of language pathway in the brain at least 25 million years old.”¹ How can science measure the origins of brain pathways that supposedly happened so long before scientists could observe them? And how defensible is the 25 million-year figure? Two unscientific assumptions unwittingly deflate this title’s confident tone.

Wisdom teeth crowd most mouths. We no longer use these teeth, so why do they take up space in the backs of our jaws?

A recent report in the journal Science mixed detailed archaeological finds with stories about human origins. As is typical, age assignments for fossils fit evolutionary time instead of the Bible’s much shorter timeline of thousands, not millions, of years.

Popular opinions hold that viruses can evolve into increasingly harmful versions of themselves. But science shows just the opposite. RNA viruses like influenza, Ebola, COVID-19, and measles show histories of accumulating mutations and becoming less virulent. Outbreak intensities wane with time. This trend brings good news for human health workers: This, too, shall pass.