Scientific Study Reveals All Humans Descend From Two Parents

Then God said, “Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness; let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over the cattle, over all the earth and over every creeping thing that creeps on the earth.” So God created man in His own image; in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them. Then God blessed them, and God said to them, “Be fruitful and multiply; fill the earth and subdue it; have dominion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over every living thing that moves on the earth.” (Genesis 1:26-28)

From The Irish Post: THE BIBLE tells us God created Adam and Eve as the first people to live on Earth and that all human life that followed is descended from this single pair of original ancestors.

Now, research from the University of Basel in Switzerland suggests the word of the Holy Book may be based on more scientific fact than sceptics previously thought.

A study led by Senior Research Associate Mark Stoeckle and Research Associate David Thaler has concluded that 90% of all animal species alive today come from parents that all began giving birth at roughly 250,000 years ago.

The findings could cast doubt on the patterns of human evolution many scientific studies previously supported. They took a closer look at mitochondrial DNA, which serves as a genetic barcode, to reach these findings.

By looking at these barcodes and the reproduction “errors” or “diversity” in these biological indicators, scientists were able to infer the passage of time.

Using samples from five million animals including humans, they were able to deduce humans sprang from a single pair of adults following a catastrophic event that wiped out humanity.

It’s not just humans either – nine out of every 10 animal species went through the same. “This conclusion is very surprising,” Thaler explained in the research, published in Human Evolution, “and I fought against it as hard as I could.”

Dr. Stoeckle said: “At a time when humans place so much emphasis on individual and group differences, maybe we should spend more time on the ways in which we resemble one another and the rest of the animal kingdom.”

The study, conducted alongside experts from Rockefeller University, saw scientists mine ‘big data’ insights from the world’s fast-growing genetic databases. Researchers also reviewed much of the academic literature available on the subject evolutionary theory, including the writings of Charles Darwin.

Their findings are likely to spark further debate as to why human life started again such a relatively short time ago. It’s long been established that dinosaurs died out some 65 million years ago.

This new research opens up the possibility that humans possess an inbuilt evolutionary process wherein humanity breaks down and dies out, with things essentially starting from scratch. Read More

Sources

1. Proof Adam and Eve did exist? Scientists reveal all humans are descended from one couple (November 26th, 2018) – Irish Post
2. Scientific Theory Claims Most Species Appeared 100,000 Years Ago From Two Original Parents (November 26th, 2018) – Israel365News
3. All humans may be descended from just TWO people and a catastrophic event almost wiped out ALL species 100,000 years ago, study suggests (November 24th, 2018) – Daily Mail