Interesting piece. You should read it!Originally Posted by truthpaste
This may get your goat - "Scientists reveal all the evidence that Adam & Eve really did exist"
They move a little closer as time goes by
It rubbishes the idea that humanity began with two people: Adam and Eve.
It makes clear that modern humans' first ancestors were part of a wider evolved population pool of homo sapiens which is quite different from tracing a survivor lineage back to a single woman.
It plays around with 'spot the Eden' but makes clear this is not 'the cradle of humanity' but is the place where Neolithic farming first began - which fits with most other scholarship in paleoanthropology for well over 50 years. The 'birthplace of civilisation' is not the birthplace of humanity!
It also warns people with a literal belief in all the words of the Bible, that this story of human origin (genetic and cultural) is mainly incompatible with Biblical fundamentalism:
"However, making the Bible fit with modern science requires throwing out a lot of the traditional story.
"That could mean saying goodbye to the notion that God created Adam and Eve, or even questioning whether our biblical ancestors were Homo Sapiens."
Not enough there on Neanderthals or Homo Erectus, though. They really drive a cart and horses through the creation myths!
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