On H. naledi, Separating Fact from Interpretation

The subject of human origins is a sensitive one, stirring up strong emotions on all sides. Most people come at the question with a pre-formed point of view about our ancestry and when they want the date of the appearance of the first human to be.

But that doesn't mean they are free to superimpose their preferred point of view on the data, or view it only through lenses of their own prescription. That's not the way science is supposed to be done.

Why am I, an advocate of intelligent design, a...