Tag: human origins
Homo sapiens, or Pan sapiens?
A snarky proposal, among others aimed at deflating the idea of humankind’s exceptional place in nature, suggests that our species is really misnamed.
Adam and the Genome and Synteny
“Synteny refers to how well chromosomal sequences from different species align with one another.”
Population Genetics: What It Is and Why It Matters
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.
Hmm, Much of Dennis Venema’s Adam and the Genome Isn’t About Adam and the Genome
Venema seems much more interested in pursuing longstanding debates with intelligent design and with certain ID proponents.
On Prejudiced Models and Human Origins
Recently Dennis Venema joined with Scot McKnight to publish a book, Adam and the Genome, in which they claim that there never was an original pair of humans like Adam and Eve.