RE: [asa] Two questions... (bottlenecking)

David said:
"However, there doesn't seem to be any way that the existing data fits a bottleneck of two people. "

I argued this a while back, suggesting to George Murphy that he should definitely state there is no historical Adam and Eve because evolution happens in groups, not individuals. He responded that it was possible that all humanity derived biologically from one pair, and appealed to Dr. Campbell for support, of which Dr. Campbell agreed.

Later- someone showed me a quote from Francis Collins saying there's no way he could see how humanity could descend from one couple. I'm going with Collins.

...Bernie

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From: asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu [mailto:asa-owner@lists.calvin.edu] On Behalf Of David Opderbeck
Sent: Sunday, February 08, 2009 12:50 PM
To: James Patterson
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Subject: Re: [asa] Two questions...

James - you are correct that not all TE views have to deny a "special creation" of man. However, there doesn't seem to be any way that the existing data fits a bottleneck of two people. This is the gaping hole in the RTB approach, IMHO. It really doesn't deal with all the data.

David W. Opderbeck
Associate Professor of Law
Seton Hall University Law School
Gibbons Institute of Law, Science & Technology

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