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Reflections on Our Ancient Past

I bring this up because some have claimed that I advocate a sole genetic progenitorship model for the first couple. Read More ›
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#2 of Our Top Stories of 2019: BIO-Complexity Paper Shows We Could Have Come from Two

New research confirms the possibility of a starting point of two humans instead of thousands. Ann Gauger reports. Read More ›
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#4 of Our Top Stories of 2019: Apeman Waves Goodbye to Darwinian Gradualism

A few days ago a sensational new paleontological discovery made headlines around the globe. Read More ›
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The Evolution of Neanderthal Spin

If evolutionary theory is true, there were millions of intermediate hominids between our nearest fully ape-like ancestor and ourselves. Read More ›
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Human Origins: Not a Simple Question

Is this proof of Adam and Eve? Far from it. It merely shows they might be possible. This model is scientific and as such is falsifiable. Read More ›
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Douglas Axe: On the 160th Anniversary of Darwin’s Origin, “Fear of Man,” the Cringe Factor, and More

I love how Dr. Axe, the Maxwell Professor of Molecular Biology at Biola, pulls no punches. Read More ›
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Bible. Old Testament. Creation. Genesis. God created Adam and Eve and provided all they needed in the Garden of Eden.
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“Unique Human Origins”: Explained

One scenario involves a first human pair created from scratch — Adam and Eve, as many traditional religious believers would have it. Read More ›
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From Ann Gauger and Ola Hössjer, a New Standard for the Science of a “First Couple”

Their scrupulous work found that Jerry Coyne and others, in bullying Christians and Jews on how “we can dismiss a physical Adam and Eve with near scientific certainty,” were in reality poorly supported. Read More ›
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More Backstory on Our First-Couple Paper: Why Wasn’t This Done Before?

For the last forty years, population geneticists have repeatedly said that our population was never smaller than several thousand. Read More ›
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A First Couple? Here’s the Backstory

Could humanity have had its origin in a first pair, or did it have to come from a population of at least several thousand? Read More ›

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