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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 9, 2020

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Africa, BIO-Complexity, bottleneck, Denisovans, DNA, genetic diversity, Homo erectus, human origins, methodological naturalism, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, population genetics}

Reflections on Our Ancient Past

_{Ann Gauger
January 9, 2020

Human Origins and Anthropology

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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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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
December 31, 2019

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, 1000 Genomes Project, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, Darwin, human evolution, human origins, Ola Hössjer, population genetics}

#2 of Our Top Stories of 2019: BIO-Complexity Paper Shows We Could Have Come from Two

_{Ann Gauger
December 31, 2019

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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New research confirms the possibility of a starting point of two humans instead of thousands. Ann Gauger reports. Read More ›

Bible. Old Testament. Creation. Genesis. God created Adam and Eve and provided all they needed in the Garden of Eden.

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Author
Jonathan Witt

Date
November 4, 2019

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Adam and Eve, alleles, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, butterfly, Christians, common ancestry, computer model, Darwinists, Dennis Venema, DNA, dog, genes, genetic instructions, Harvard University, human origins, Jews, Muslims, Neanderthals, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, Research, Stockholm University}

“Unique Human Origins”: Explained

_{Jonathan Witt
November 4, 2019

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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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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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
October 29, 2019

Categories
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, algorithms, Ann Gauger, atheism, BIO-Complexity, BioLogos, bottleneck, Christianity Today, Christians, Dennis Venema, DNA, fingerprints, first couple, genetic data, Jews, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, University of Stockholm}

From Ann Gauger and Ola Hössjer, a New Standard for the Science of a “First Couple”

_{David Klinghoffer
October 29, 2019

Human Origins and Anthropology

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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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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
October 21, 2019

Categories
Genetics
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __edited, 1000 Genomes Project, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, Darwin, human evolution, human origins, Ola Hössjer, population genetics}

New BIO-Complexity Paper: We Could Have Come from Two

_{Ann Gauger
October 21, 2019

Genetics, Human Origins and Anthropology

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New research confirms the possibility of a starting point of two humans instead of thousands. Ann Gauger reports. Read More ›

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Author
Ann Gauger

Date
January 2, 2019

Categories
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, altruism, beauty, bees, California, E.O. Wilson, Garden of Eden, goodness, group selection, J.P. Moreland, kin selection, logic, materialism, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, natural selection, neo-Darwinian processes, Neo-Darwinism, Paris, population genetics, prejudice, truth}

The Transcendental Treasury of Truth, Beauty, and Goodness

_{Ann Gauger
January 2, 2019

Intelligent Design

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Truth, beauty, and goodness are abstract concepts that correspond to our deepest desires. They are not likely to have evolved by a neo-Darwinian process. Read More ›

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Date
September 24, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Faith & Science
Tagged
, __k-review, Ann Gauger, BIO-Complexity, chimpanzees, Colin Reeves, common ancestor, common descent, common design, Darwinian mechanism, David Snoke, DNA, genetic similarity, genome, humans, mice, molecular clock, Ola Hössjer, population genetics, rats, S. Joshua Swamidass, theistic evolution, Washington University, Winston Ewert}

Response to Swamidass: Confusion in a Review of Theistic Evolution

_{Science and Culture
September 24, 2018

Evolution, Faith & Science

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It’s worth engaging him, since Swamidass is the relatively rare critic of ID who works at tackling arguments for design in a substantive fashion. Read More ›

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Author
David Klinghoffer

Date
May 3, 2018

Categories
Faith & Science
Human Origins and Anthropology
Tagged
, __k-review, Adam and Eve, Adam and the Genome, Ann Gauger, BioLogos, bottleneck, Broad Institute, computational biology, Darwinian evolution, Dennis Venema, Evangelical Christians, Homo sapiens, human origins, John Templeton Foundation, Monty Python, Nature Ecology & Evolution, population genetics, Queen Mary University of London, Richard Buggs, Richard Dawkins, S. Joshua Swamidass, Washington University}

Discussion Over: On Adam and the Genome, Former BioLogos Fellow Backs Down

_{David Klinghoffer
May 3, 2018

Faith & Science, Human Origins and Anthropology

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Dennis Venema sought to persuade his fellow Christians that genetic science had disproven the traditional idea of a “bottleneck” of two human ancestors. Read More ›

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Author
Günter Bechly

Date
March 30, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Intelligent Design
Tagged
, __k-review, arthropod, Burgess Shale, Cambrian News, Canada, Charles Darwin, China, complexity, Darwinists, fossil record, Latin, Living Waters, On the Origin of Species, paleontology, Paul Nelson, population genetics, Richard Dawkins, Richard Sternberg, saltationism, waiting-time problem, whales}

Contradicting Darwinian Gradualism, Earliest Animals Show Complex Parental Behavior

_{Günter Bechly
March 30, 2018

Evolution, Intelligent Design

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Darwin himself realized that any kind of significant saltational change would imply a miracle-like intelligent intervention. Read More ›

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Date
January 16, 2018

Categories
Evolution
Tagged
, __k-review, BIO-Complexity, common descent, Conservation of Information, effective population size, Endogenous retroviruses, genes, genetic drift, human origins, intelligent design, macroevolution, mutations, natural selection, No Free Lunch, population genetics, synteny}

Population Genetics: What It Is and Why It Matters

_{Science and Culture
January 16, 2018

Evolution

8}

Some have claimed that for humans the coalescence to one (or first coalescent) does not happen for well over a million years back in time, calling into question the idea of a single-couple human origin. Read More ›