Todd and Paul travel to the National Museum of the Czech Republic to see the first exhibition of the Lucy skeleton in Europe! They stood in line with throngs of other people to witness this seminal Australopithecus skeleton firsthand. In this first in a series of three episodes recorded in Czechia, Paul and Todd describe what they saw and what it was like to view the original bones. What surprised them about seeing them in person? What religious overtones did the exhibit take on? Were the bones even real??? Find out in the latest episode of Let's Talk Creation, and be sure to come back in two weeks for part two of Todd and Paul's Czech Adventure!Materials for this Episode

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Does Lucy Prove Evolution? (Todd's Blog)https://toddcwood.blogspot.com/2025/01/does-lucy-prove-evolution.htmlPaul and Todd's Czech Anthropology Adventurehttps://toddcwood.blogspot.com/2025/10/paul-and-todds-czech-anthropology.htmleLucy - an evolutionary resource with scans of some of her boneshttps://elucy.org/National Museum of the Czech Republichttps://www.nm.cz/Episodes mentioned in this episodeEpisode 97: Paul, Todd, and the Lucy Skeleton Part 1https://youtu.be/AL0DtPB7xvYEpisode 98: Paul, Todd, and the Lucy Skeleton Part 2https://youtu.be/NkHHI5ZIA30Playlist of Paleoanthropology Episodeshttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOzn-NecEi8EQEPL-CsmVZRo--osOXXFf📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.orgSupport our work🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring of the Next Generation of Creation Scholars https://coresci.org/index.php/sanders-scholars/🔬Join Todd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreports🎁Give to the Core Academy general fund https://coresci.org/donate🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.org🏫Support Paul’s work at Biblical Creation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/⛺Come to the Core Academy Spring RetreatGet Tickets here: https://coresci.org/smokiesOr email info@coresci.org to get information on the next retreat 🎁Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.orgSocial Media LinksLet’s Talk Creation Facebook https://www.facebook.com/LetsTalkCreationLet’s Talk Creation Instagram https://www.instagram.com/letstalkcreation/Core Academy of Science Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website: https://coresci.org/Biblical Creation Trust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrustTwitter: https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website: https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/*Disclaimer: Things mentioned in the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places, or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links to material for our listeners.

Hominins and feathered dinosaurs get all the publicity, but what even is a non-mammalian synapsid? They are some of the weirdest and coolest fossils in the fossil record, and they get almost no attention! Join Todd and Paul as they chat with paleontologist Matt McLain about these weird fossils. Do they really prove mammal evolution, or is there much more to the story? Find out on this episode of Let's Talk Creation!

Episodes mentioned in this episode

Episode 8

Where is My Missing Link?

https://youtu.be/KlHuBactLEE

Episode 42

Why are Horse Fossils Important to Creationists?

https://youtu.be/ZtDvd7mcAQg

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Materials Mentioned in this Episode

The origin and evolution of mammals

TS Kemp https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-origin-and-evolution-of-mammals-9780198507611?cc=us&lang=en&

von Baer, Karl Ernst. Über Entwickelungsgeschichte der Thiere. Beobachtung und reflexion. [On the Developmental History of the Animals. Observations and Reflections]. Königsberg: 1828. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28306

Written in German

Biography on von Baer.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Ernst-Ritter-von-Baer-Edler-von-Huthorn

Kemp, TS. 2009. Phylogenetic interrelationships and pattern of evolution of the therapsides: testing for polytomy

https://www.tskempoxford.com/_files/ugd/0c689e_1b3b7fcb16b4447e848ad84a1362b1f6.pdf

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Did God really make a man and name him "Dirt?" He sure did! Todd and Paul talk about creationist beliefs in Genesis chapter 2. They cover all the basic creationist beliefs from the creation of Adam (AKA "Dirt") to the planting of the Garden of Eden to the naming of animals and the creation of woman. Also: Did it rain before the Flood? (*SPOILER* YES.) Where is Eden? (*SPOILER* It's gone now.) And what's up with all the agricultural hints in this chapter? Check it out in the latest episode of Let's Talk Creation!

Episodes mentioned in this episode

Episode 79: Creationism 101: In the Beginning

https://youtu.be/2SZWrYad2lw

Episode 83: Creationism 101: Creation Week

https://youtu.be/R6lv-BFlQr0

Episode 86: Creationism 101: Do we really need Genesis 1

https://youtu.be/ha8-mm06cKE

Episode 90: Creationism 101: The Days of Creation

https://youtu.be/sMu9pY9WWcI

Episode 121: Creationism 101: Does Genesis 1 contradict Genesis 2

https://youtu.be/WJE7ysOAls0

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Were the Flood waters filled with chemical contamination? Did Noah and company leave the ark to find a world poisoned with toxic sludge? In their latest episode, Todd and Paul chat with chemist Aaron Hutchison about the toxic elements arsenic and mercury. Dr. Hutchison explains his research on these dangerous elements and what would have happened to them during the Flood. Listen in and find out how the Lord preserved us from toxic contamination!

Materials mentioned in this episode

Hutchison, A.R. Mercury and the Genesis Flood: a response to Morton, pp.31-33 in: Hutchison, A.R. and J.H. Whitmore (eds), Proceedings of the First Conference on Creation Geology (Creation Research Science Education Foundation, Columbus, OH).

Hutchison, A.R. 2009. Mercury toxicity and the Genesis Flood, pp.29-44 in: Oard, M.J. and J.K. Reed (eds), Rock Solid Answers (Master Books, Green Forest, AR). https://assets.answersingenesis.org/doc/articles/am/v5/n2/rock-solid-answers-ch3.pdf

Hutchison, A. 2010. Did mercury poisoning create a toxic Flood? Answers 5(2):70-73. https://answersingenesis.org/the-flood/did-mercury-poisoning-create-a-toxic-flood/

Hutchison, A.R. and C. Bortel. 2018. The fate of arsenic in Noah's Flood, pp.229-237 in: Whitmore, J.H. (ed), Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Creationism (Creation Science Fellowship, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania).

https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=icc_proceedings

Hutchison, A. 2021. A Flood of arsenic. Answers 16(2):30-32. https://answersingenesis.org/chemistry/flood-arsenic/

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Everyone says that Genesis 2 contradicts Genesis 1! Could everyone be wrong? Join Paul and Todd as they discuss the alleged problems with Genesis 2 in this latest episode in our Creationism 101 series. From the name of God to the creation of birds, Todd and Paul take on eight contradictions and find most of them wanting. The detailed creation of Adam is definitely different from the creation week, but rumors of contradiction are greatly exaggerated.

Materials mentioned in this episode

Cameron, N.M. de S. 1980. The unity and harmony of Genesis 1-3. Biblical Creation 6: 37-44. https://biblicalcreationtrust.org/pdf/biblical-creation-02-06_the_unity_and_harmony_of_genesis_1-3_37-44.pdf

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We often hear the claim that creationism is a recent theological error, but there have been young age creationists for most of the history of the church. In this episode, Todd and Paul chat with Warren Johns about the Scriptural Geologists, a group of creationists active during the earliest growth of the science of geology. Back before geologists were geologists, there were still creationists holding the faith! Learn all about them in this week's episode of Let's Talk Creation!

Materials mentioned in this episode

Johns, Warren H. “Scriptural Geology, 1820-1860: An Essay and Review.” Origins, no. 62 (Jan. 1, 2008). Online link: https://www.grisda.org/origins-62042

Johns, Warren H. “Scriptural Geology, Then and Now.” Answers Research Journal, vol. 9 (2016). Online link: Scriptural Geology, Then and Now

Mortenson, Terry. 2004. The Great Turning Point. https://a.co/d/9xeZ6i2

Young, George, and John Bird. 1822. A Geological Survey of the Yorkshire Coast. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/title/44925.

Haber, Francis. 1959. Age of the World: Moses to Darwin. https://a.co/d/hMgPjS4

The list of Terry Mortenson’s articles on the scriptural geologists are found at the bottom of his biography hosted by Creation Ministries International.

https://creation.com/en/people/dr-terry-mortenson

Nelson, Byron. 1931. The deluge story in stone: A history of the flood theory of geology. https://creation.com/en/people/dr-terry-mortenson

McIver, Tom. 1992. Anti-Evolution: A Reader's Guide to Writings Before and After Darwin. https://a.co/d/h0sFClc

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Plate tectonics tells us all about how the continents are drifting along at a centimeter or two a year, ever so gradually reshaping the surface of the earth, remaking the ocean floor, and causing earthquakes and volcanoes the world over. But what if it went a lot faster? In this episode, Todd and Paul chat with geophysicist Sarah Peterson about the CATASTROPHIC version of plate tectonics that has become the leading model of how the Flood happened. Sarah walks us through both the basic concepts of tectonics and how Catastrophic Plate Tectonics explains even more than the slow, conventional version. If you've ever wondered how volcanoes, earthquakes, and continental drift fit in the creation model, this episode is for you!Papers mentioned in this episodePetersen, Sarah and Baumgardner, John (2023) "Catastrophic Plate Tectonics and the Tectonics of Western North America," Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism: Vol. 9, Article 33.DOI: 10.15385/jpicc.2023.9.1.54Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol9/iss1/33Austin, Steven A.; Baumgardner, John R.; Humphreys, D. Russell; Snelling, Andrew A.; Vardiman, Larry; and Wise, Kurt P. (1994) "Catastrophic Plate Tectonics: A Global Flood Model of Earth History," Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism: Vol. 3, Article 56.Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol3/iss1/56Baumgardner, John R. (1994) "Computer Modeling of the Large Scale Tectonics Associated With the Genesis Flood," Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism: Vol. 3, Article 15.Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol3/iss1/15Baumgardner, John R. (1994) "Runaway Subduction as the Driving Mechanism for the Genesis Flood," Proceedings of the International Conference on Creationism: Vol. 3, Article 14.Available at: https://digitalcommons.cedarville.edu/icc_proceedings/vol3/iss1/14🏫Support Paul’s work at Biblical Creation Trust and the Cambridge House Project at https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/🎁Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect or https://biblicalcreationtrust.org📫Send questions to podcast@coresci.org⛺Come to our Fall RetreatTheme: The FallSpeaker: Todd WoodGet Tickets here: https://coresci.org/smokies🔬📖Donate to Support the Mentoring of the Next Generation of Creation Scholarshttps://coresci.org/index.php/sanders-scholars/🎁Give to the Core Academy general fundhttps://coresci.org/donate📘Search the Core Academy Library https://coresci.org/library🎁Support the podcast by going to https://letstalkcreation.org🔬Join Todd’s Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/researchreportsEmail us with comments or questions at: podcast@coresci.orgCheck us out on social media and consider donating to support this podcastCore Academy of Science Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coresci.org Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/coreacademyofscience/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/CoreacadInfo Website: https://coresci.org/ Biblical Creation Trust Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/biblicalcreationtrust Twitter: https://twitter.com/bct_origins Website: https://www.biblicalcreationtrust.org/For questions and comments email podcast@coresci.org Please consider supporting this work by going to https://coresci.org/connect orhttps://biblicalcreationtrust.org*Disclaimer: Things mentioned in the Show Notes are not endorsements of people, places, or things discussed in the podcast, but rather a record of what was spoken about and helpful links to material for our listeners.