Finding Human Origins

Topic Notes

• Introducing Dr. Fazale Rana from Reasons to Believe
• What is Molecular Anthropology?
• Building Gene Family Trees
• Science says humanity originates in East Africa (very similar to Biblical claims)
• Science and Biblical accounts are beginning to harmonize???
• Traditional view of human origins traces back to approximately 2 million years ago
• Molecular Anthropology dates the origins of humanity to 100,000 to 200,000 years ago
• Old Testament Geneologies are not an adequate clock to count years in our history. They are more used for Theological points rather than Chronology
• Molecular Anthropology uses Mitochondrial DNA and Y-Chromosomal DNA to determine human origins
• Mitochondrial DNA passes from Mother to Child all the way back from the beginning of history
• Every human traces their lineage through Mitochondrial DNA to the Mitochondrial Eve!
• Every human also traces their lineage through Y-Chromosomal DNA to the Y-Chromosomal Adam!
• Is Genetic Diversity too strong for humanity to have originated such a short time ago?
• Genetic Diversity is much much stronger than science had once suspected
• Bible Contradiction via EvilBible.com
  • Is God’s anger fierce and does it burn forever? or is He compassionate and slow to anger?
  • Numbers 32:13 vs Psalm 103:81
• OVERTIME!
  • What is Multi-regionalism?
  • How does it differ from the “Out of Africa” Model?
  • How does this all tie in with Molecular Anthropology?
  • Talking about the Big Bang and how it supports the Biblical view of Creation. Is science at it again?
  • The implications of the information derived from Molecular Anthropology are far reaching
  • Where do parasites fit in?
  • Could it be that Humanity actually taught the other hominids sophisticated behavior?
  • What is the socio-cultural big bang?
  • What about the “Image of God” phenomena?
  • Tower of Babel and “Pattern of Spread”

This show originally aired July 6th, 2014

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