march 17, 2006
New DNA Evidence Points to Adam and Eve
The question of human origins is at the center of one of the most hotly contested debates of our time.
Did human beings emerge through evolutionary processes from ape-like ancestors or are we a special creation? Does belief in a creator demand that we reject or ignore science or is it possible that science and faith can be allies rather than enemies?
Answers to these and other questions are discussed in the best-selling new book by Dr. Fazale ‘Fuz’ Rana, Who Was Adam?
In Who Was Adam? Dr. Rana presents cutting- edge discoveries about the human fossil record, ‘junk’ DNA, Neanderthals, and the connections between humans and primates.
“Recent genetic and archeological findings show that human beings did not evolve from ape-like creatures,” contends internationally respected biochemist, Dr. Fazale ‘Fuz’ Rana.
“With the discovery of what scientists have aptly named Y-chromosomal Adam and Mitochondrial Eve, new genetic and DNA evidence with the fossil record show very clearly that modern humans are not related to previously existing hominids as once believed.
“There is astonishing new evidence to support the position that homo sapiens exploded onto the scene less than 100,000 years ago from a single man and a single woman.
“Even more astounding is that scientists now know that human origins had their beginning in a particular geographical area—the same area identified by most biblical scholars as the physical location of the Garden of Eden. Belief in a literal and historical Adam and Eve as recounted in the Bible has greater scientific credibility today than at any other time in human history.
“The old paradigm of the Darwinian theory of biological evolution is simply no longer valid in light of today’s rapidly changing technology,” continues Rana. “But many in the scientific community refuse to accept a paradigm shift because until now, there has not been another model with superior explanatory power and predictive success to replace the evolutionary model.”
“At Reasons To Believe we have illustrated that science and faith do not contradict but rather enhance and even support one another,” says renowned astrophysicist Dr. Hugh Ross, founder and president of Reasons To Believe.
“Over the past 20 years the research scientists at Reasons To Believe have developed a verifiable, falsifiable model for creation that is anchored in the scientific method."
“Our testable creation model integrates the most recent scientific data with biblical and historical narrative,” continues Dr. Rana. “From this perspective come fresh insights and an effective framework to test emerging evidence for human origins.
“Whether you're an atheist, a skeptical inquirer, a Christian, or a person of another faith, Who Was Adam? will bring you up to date on the most recent human origins research. It is thought- provoking and thoroughly respectful of both faith and hard science.”
Reasons To Believe (www.reasons.org ) is currently celebrating its 20th Anniversary. Founded in 1986 by renowned astrophysicist Hugh Ross, Ph.D. Reasons To Believe is unique in its position of demonstrating that science and the Bible complement one another. The mission of Reasons To Believe is to remove the doubts of skeptics, strengthen the faith of believers, and offer solid answers to questions about God and science.
Reasons To Believe provides resources that will keep you informed about up-to-the minute discoveries in the sciences and how they harmonize with God’s revelation in the words of the Bible. It is our conviction that since the same God who ‘authored’ the universe also inspired the writings of Scripture, a consistent message will come from both revelations. In other words, the facts of nature will agree with, not contradict, the Bible. Recent scientific discoveries support this now more than at any other time in history.
Hugh Ross, Ph.D. — After studying physics at the University of British Columbia and astronomy at the University of Toronto, Hugh Ross continued his research on quasars and galaxies as a postdoctoral fellow at the California Institute of Technology. While at Caltech he began serving as minister of evangelism for Sierra Madre Congregational Church.
Since 1986 he has led Reasons To Believe, an institute founded to research and proclaim new reasons — from the frontiers of science — for trust in God’s Word and faith in Jesus Christ. Over the years Dr. Ross has given hundreds of apologetics lectures, seminars, and courses in universities, churches, business firms and other venues across the U.S. and around the world. He is a popular interview guest on a wide variety of nationally and internationally syndicated radio and television programs
His books include The Fingerprint of God, The Creator and the Cosmos, Beyond the Cosmos, The Genesis Question, A Matter of Days, and as co-author, The Genesis Debate, Lights in the Sky and Little Green Men. He contributed a chapter on Mars in Dr. Rana’s book, Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off, and also contributed details for the new scientific model for creation in Who Was Adam: A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Man.
Fazale ‘Fuz’ Rana, Ph.D.—Fazale ‘Fuz’ Rana did his undergraduate work in chemistry at West Virginia State College. He then completed his post- graduate studies at Ohio University and earned a Ph.D. in chemistry with an emphasis in biochemistry. After completing postdoctoral fellowships at the universities of Virginia and Georgia, he worked for seven years in product development research for Procter & Gamble
Prior to joining the scholar team at Reasons To Believe in 1999, he published more than 15 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals and made more than 20 presentations at international scientific meetings. Dr. Rana also co-authored a chapter on antimicrobial peptides for Biological and Synthetic Membranes and he holds one patent.
Since joining Reasons To Believe he has chaired three conferences and has written two books published by NavPress, Origins of Life: Biblical and Evolutionary Models Face Off and Who Was Adam: A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Man. He has published numerous articles on the apologetic significance of recent discoveries in the life sciences. He appears each week on the live Web broadcast, Creation Update, and is a highly popular and frequent guest on a wide variety of nationally and internationally syndicated radio and television programs.
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