The Atlantic just published this interesting short article on the Atacama "alien" -- a subject I have blogged about several times: "The Controversial Study of a Girl Who Ufologists Called ‘Alien’." As to the racism element, you can read the article -- the short...
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The Atacama (Non) Alien Back in the News: Peer-Reviewed Research Demonstrates Its Human
Remember the Atacama "alien" that was the centerpiece of a Steven Greer film? Well, the important peer-reviewed journal Genome Research published the following article on the specimen today. Bhattacharya S, Li J, Sockell A, Kan M, Bava F, Chen, S, Ávila-Arcos M, Ji X,...
Paracas Skull Groundhog Day
This past Friday, Feb 2, Lynn Marzulli's second round on Paracas skull DNA was revealed to a pay-per-view audience. The Groundhog Day timing was appropriate. We've seen this before. I'd love to say "good job; thanks for doing the hard work on this." But I can't. This...
Gene Editing on Demand (“Eugenics for Everyone”)
What could go wrong? Maybe Planned Parenthood will want in on this. Or not. It means babies being born. My bad. And another one: Progressive Eugenics Is Hardly History–the Science and Politics Have Just Evolved
PEERANORMAL Episode 11: Bigfoot DNA
Back in 2012 the world heard that Bigfoot DNA had been isolated and genetically tested under controlled laboratory conditions. Those involved claimed that the testing had proven the existence of Bigfoot (aka, Sasquatch), and that the creature was a hybrid between...
The Portent Portending: Synthetic Genomes Are Just a Click Away
Readers of my fiction know that synthetic biology was a sub-plot element in The Portent. Well, we're moving down the road toward creating humans from scratch (or some sort of human derivative). This article describes a new process for creating a functioning gene. What...
DNA, Canaanites, and the Biblically-Illiterate Media
By now I've probably received a heads up on the story about Canaanite DNA disproving the biblical conquest narrative a dozen times. Here's my own heads-up: If you see some "news" about the Bible in mass media, you can presume it's click-bait archaeoporn that will...
PEERANORMAL Podcast Episode 09: Is Rh-Negative Blood Proof of Alien or Nephilim Hybrids?
Short answer: No. For why, listen to the episode and read its associated source material. Description: The idea that people with Rh-Negative blood indicates alien or nephilim ancestry is on the rise in fringe internet communities and websites. In this episode our...
Genetic Mythologies: “Nephilim DNA” from the Paracas skulls
The title of this post corresponds to an excellent post by Dr. Jennifer Raff on her personal blog. Dr. Raff is an assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Kansas, and director and principal investigator at the University of Kansas laboratory of human...
Sub-Plot from The Portent in the News: Secret Meeting Held at Harvard about Creating a Synthetic Human Genome
This happened at least a half dozen times with The Facade -- something in the book becomes news after the fact. Here we go again with The Portent: From the Christian Science Monitor: Why did Harvard Scientists Hold a 'Secret' Synthetic Genome Meeting? This is why you...
DNA CRISPR Critters: We Shall Be as Gods
Have you read my novel, The Portent? If so, the subject matter of the link below will sound familiar: Gene Drives – Will Conqueror Biomolecular Bots Dictate a New Book of Life? One of the sub-plots to The Portent is the use of genetic alteration and synthetic biology...
Scientists (Again) Saying Junk DNA Isn’t Junk
One of the claims of ancient astronaut theorists is that the "non-coding" DNA in the human genome is alien -- allegedly proving the intervention of extraterrestrials in human evolution in the ancient past. It's a wonderful non sequitur: "Some of this DNA doesn't...
Plot Elements from The Portent In the News Since It Was Published
On the cover of The Portent (as was the case with The Facade before it) tells readers that the content elements of the storyline are all real. Some folks might think that's just marketing. It isn't. Since the release of The Portent this past August, several content...
Dr. Gary Nolan on the Atacama Specimen and the Starchild Skull
Jack Brewer has posted a recent email exchange with Dr. Gary Nolan, the Stanford scientist who conducted the DNA work on the alleged "Atacama alien." It's readable and interesting, and so I recommend it to my readers. Some key statements by Dr. Nolan: The specimen has...
The Starchild Skull and Its DNA Testing: No Proof of an Alien Hybrid
Frank Johnson of the Ancient Aliens Debunked (AAD) blog recently posted this lengthy essay concerning alleged DNA evidence that the Starchild Skull was that of a human-alien hybrid child: "A Bone to Pick with the Starchild Skull." It's well worth the read, and you...