RE: Dr. Campbell asked for more info on the Francis Collins quote about humanity not descending from a single male and female. This is sent to all in case others are interested too.
Hi Dr. Campbell-
The quote is from here:
http://www.evidenceforchristianity.org/images/stories/review_of_evolutionary_creation.pdf
Excerpt:
During a 10/17/06 radio interview with several staff members of the Reasons To Believe (RTB) ministry, Francis Collins commented on some additional ramifications of the HGP as they relate to the question of human origins.
"Certainly, when I look at the genome of humans today, all the six or seven billion of us on the planet, it is not consistent with our having descended from a single pair of individuals. It is consistent with our having descended from a larger group of perhaps 10,000 or so ancestors."
Dr. Dave Rogstad of RTB acknowledged that it has not been proven that humanity's origin can be traced back to a single gene sequence, but pressed Dr. Collins as to whether or not such a conclusion is excluded by the genetic or biological evidence.
Dr. Collins responded, "I think it is, actually... There's no way you can get where we are today from that original set of four copies (based on two individuals). It really requires you to postulate that there was a larger group of ancestors than just two. Again, I'm not sure I want to put this forward as the answer I wanted, but it is the answer I see from the data."
If you want more reference info about the quote, the author of the document is Jon Lang: John Lang <jlang3@indy.rr.com<mailto:jlang3@indy.rr.com>> .
Let me know if you find out anything new. I'm greatly interested in this topic.
...Bernie
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