How does the story of Adam and Eve compatible with science?

[Balthazzar]

[from here w/ more info here]

It has to do w/ the math/probabilities of having children. we got some family names dying out w/ others probagating.

Basically, this suggests that our ancestry dates back that far. Does this sound legitimate enough? Prior to that most likely, but evidence is limited...I'm sure.

 

[Subduction Zone]

Basically, this suggests that our ancestry dates back that far. Does this sound legitimate enough? Prior to that most likely, but evidence is limited...I'm sure.

What makes you think that the evidence was limited? How can you support that claim?

 

[Balthazzar]

What makes you think that the evidence was limited? How can you support that claim?

How old are the subjects the dna came from?

 

[Subduction Zone]

How old are the subjects the dna came from?

I don't know. They were probably mostly adults. What does that matter?

 

[metis]

I don't know if Catholics celebrate the Passover.

The Eucharist is the celebration of the Last Supper.

 

[YoursTrue]

The Eucharist is the celebration of the Last Supper.

Ok ty.

 

[Pete in Panama]

Basically, this suggests that our ancestry dates back that far. Does this sound legitimate enough? Prior to that most likely, but evidence is limited...I'm sure.

You're free to conclude anything you want, and meanwhile the fact remains that there's part of our DNA that's only inherited by the mother and some other part that's only inherited by a father. Analysis of people all over the world has identified common DNA segments of the entire human race which pinpoint a common mother and a common father. This is also backed up by the simple math of it all.

 

[Pete in Panama]

The site you quoted is not a scientific site.

What I posted were two links, the other was a search engine that included many other links.

...The fact is, Y chromosome Adam and Mitochondrial Eve did NOT live at the same time...

Maybe maybe not. This is from Stanford U.:

Mitochondrial Eve and Y-chromosomal Adam — two individuals who passed down a portion of their genomes to the vast expanse of humanity — are known as our most recent common ancestors, or MRCAs. But many aspects of their existence, including when they lived, are shrouded in mystery.

Now, a study led by the Stanford University School of Medicine indicates the two roughly overlapped during evolutionary time: The man lived between 120,000 and 156,000 years ago, and the woman lived between 99,000 and 148,000 years ago.

“Previous research has indicated that the male MRCA lived much more recently than the female MRCA,” said Carlos Bustamante, PhD, a professor of genetics at Stanford. “But now our research shows that there’s no discrepancy.” Previous estimates for the male MRCA ranged from between 50,000 to 115,000 years ago.

Let's get together on this and share an understanding of what is clear and what is not clear. For me, understanding Adam and Eve requires judgement and flexibility, and understanding our genetic ancestors is a matter of observation.

 

[YoursTrue]

You're free to conclude anything you want, and meanwhile the fact remains that there's part of our DNA that's only inherited by the mother and some other part that's only inherited by a father. Analysis of people all over the world has identified common DNA segments of the entire human race which pinpoint a common mother and a common father. This is also backed up by the simple math of it all.

Now again, I'm not an expert in this area but I wonder if both male and female have a mixture of male and female DNA if there is such a thing.

 

[YoursTrue]

How old are the subjects the dna came from?

Again...the question is interesting and somewhat fascinating. Here is what Wikipedia says about this, if I understand it correctly.
"Age-associated accumulation of DNA damage and changes in gene expression. In tissues composed of non- or infrequently replicating cells, DNA damage can accumulate with age and lead either to loss of cells, or, in surviving cells, loss of gene expression. Accumulated DNA damage is usually measured directly." DNA damage theory of aging - Wikipedia.

 

[Hockeycowboy]

Who cares about the myths of Genesis?

I presented quite a bit of evidence supporting the Flood as a genuine historical account.

Such as the well-preserved remains of megafauna discovered within the Permafrost (not on top), some of which are found deep within it.
(Your answer was, the animals ‘got too close to a glacier & got stuck.’ Lol)

Or the pristine and well-defined features of many high-altitude ranges… while their rock content is old, their appearance exhibits crisp, distinct features; they haven’t endured “millions of years” of erosion and weathering! Lol.

Or the Grand Canyon’s 1000-cu.-mi volume of missing debris: the Flood waters cut through those layers and gave us the Grand Canyon. Why has some of that debris been found over a thousand miles away?
The Colorado river didn’t cause that.
You’ve provided no viable answer.

The global similarities found in hundreds of diverse cultural legends the world over, all telling of the same event. Embellished, but still the same event.

And on & on….


And keep in mind: the Genesis account itself tells us it was a Divinely-controlled event.

@IndigoChild5559 ,
I have a question for you. You believe in God, right? Yet you display such an adherence to science & what you think science has discovered.
What exactly do you think God has done?
Because somewhere along the line, what you believe God has done, your view will conflict with science, since science strictly adheres to natural methodologies, claiming a god is not needed for anything we see.

 

[Hockeycowboy]

The fact is, Y chromosome Adam and Mitochondrial Eve did NOT live at the same time…..
IOW they are NOT NOT NOT the Adam and Eve of Genesis.

No.
(In fact, MtEve supposedly came first, then the Y-Adam)…. Right? Yes.

So that wouldn’t fit Adam & Eve, but it would fit Eve, and then Noah!!

 

[Hockeycowboy]

If there were a literal "Garden of Eden", what language was everyone speaking?

“Everyone”? There were only two people.

Probably Hebrew. Following Genesis 11:1, and on through… it seems some of the Semitic peoples, ie., descendants of Shem, at least the line through which the Israelites came, did not get involved in the rebellious building of the Tower of Babel, so their language wasn’t changed. If this is so, then it stands to reason that Hebrew was the original language.

 

[IndigoChild5559]

Who cares about the myths of Genesis?

Well, I do.

 

[Pete in Panama]

“Everyone”? There were only two people...

Wonderful! Just two people ever spoke their words, they're both dead, and so now I imagine you have more important things to do.

Cheers!

 

[YoursTrue]

Wonderful! Just two people ever spoke their words, they're both dead, and so now I imagine you have more important things to do.

Cheers!

You asked a question regarding the Garden of Eden. There were only TWO humans in the Garden.

 

[YoursTrue]

Well, I do.

That's kind of nice of you to say, and though it does seem unusual, at this point after seeing more about the makings of DNA I am seeing that it is so complex and fascinating.

 

[YoursTrue]

Wonderful! Just two people ever spoke their words, they're both dead, and so now I imagine you have more important things to do.

Cheers!

Just to clarify, there were two only humans in the Garden of Eden until they were made to leave. Then they had children. Understand better now? If not, I'm sure it can be explained to you if you want.

 

[Audie]

How does the story of Adam and Eve compatible with science?

Compatibalize. "How does the story compatiblize..."

 

[Audie]

That is interesting, isn’t it?!

The timelines are way off — to support the Biblical record, I mean — and mitochondrial Eve was first, supposedly thousands of years prior to Y-Adam — but I think what scientists have discovered, is the Biblical Eve, followed by the generations-later Noah. Who would be the father of everyone living now.

Would be ifn the story was true. You left out the " ifn".
What is it with you theists and basic English?