I read with great interest about the recent
discovery of a new hominin species, which will be called Homo naledi. It is
my understanding that this isn’t merely a discovery of more fossils of a
species we already knew; rather, it is the discovery of a new piece of the
ancestral family tree. There is apparently a Nova/National Geographic program
about the discovery, which is available to view online here.
I have to admit that scientific discoveries like
this — which are extremely difficult to explain unless you accept evolutionary
theory — always make me feel a little uneasy, because I don’t believe that Mormons
(or Christians generally) are anywhere close to coming to terms with the theological
challenges that evolution presents.
