Were Paleoanthropologists Too Eager to Detect Design in Ancient "Stone Tools"?

Some critics of the theory of intelligent design complain that ID makes unwarranted design inferences. While the critique is mistaken, it is at least not irrational. Clearly, the danger of "false positives" exists and ID researchers must guard against it. But so should scientists in other fields, notably paleoanthropologists who find a rock and leap to claim it as a "stone tool" fashioned by human ancestors.

As David Klinghoffer observed last week, scientists working in Kenya have identifie...