Comments on: Mankind's Close Call With Extinction

DNA Evidence Reveals How Humanity's Stone-Age Almost Went Way Of The Dodo

[Syndicate]

I think we may be looking at the birth of modern humans, rather than an possible extinction event. Perhaps one requires the other. The small population would have increased the rate of evolution. Since new genes would be able to spread throughout a small population very quickly.

Bobbyduck1: The flood happened 12,000 years ago when the ice age ended. It wasn''t a complete flood but to people of that day it probably seemed that way. their are older text that prove the biblical story is not entirely accurate. there is also an mtDNA eve for humans and chimps but I doubt you will embrace that one.

[bobbyduck1]

babykilller:

You might note that I didn''t espouse beliefs, simply talked about some reported apparent facts and some of what the Bible says. From that you concluded that I''m a religious zealot, Bible-thumping, closed-minded moron with a backwards agenda. Umm this might be a case of (you) the pot calling (me) the kettle scorched.

I too read and treasure many different kinds of books, writings and other ideas. I am not a zealot or even a very carefully practicing Christian, don''t associate with any religion regularly and don''t Bible thump.

But you failed to comment, in your closed-minded rant about fairy tales, on the parallels that were the subject of my post. I guess when you are too busy espousing anti-whatever it is you are against rhetoric, there is no time to consider the topic that was actually raised - the parallels between "science" and the Bible accounts. Try again?

[inventagod2]

Oh, lord - stinkinrickky is missing out on a good one...
someone drag his soapbox over here

[irliberal]

But but but I thought the great flood was mankind''s great escape from extinction. But Noah saved us... right?


LOL

[andrew_693]

great article

[mecury69]

think they are wrong. How did 2000 people in Africa become ''''''''''''''''US'''''''''''''''' today.---- JCR103

And what is this opinion based on? You must have a theory or idea as to why it would be untrue.

[incog-nito]

It''s a good thing the web is anonymous. Otherwise some people here would be laughed right out of town.

[mecury69]

You mind explaining what branch of ''science'' would be attributed to Nebuchadnezzar''s existence. Sounds like history to me.

[usbrit-2009]

You can find more on this theory at -

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toba_catastrophe_theory

[dredre2k]

I think they are wrong. How did 2000 people in Africa become ''''''''US'''''''' today.---- JCR103

As Modern Humans left africa and migrated to different parts of the world, skin color changed depending on the latitudes people reached away from the equator. Human beings at the equator (africans, indians, sri lankans) over a period of time adapt to the high UV and high amounts of sunlight with darker skin. Human groups (europeans, chinese) who live at higher latitudes need lighter skin so that the body can absorb the appropriate amount of sunrays... Sunlights prevents rickets. If humans at higher latitudes had dark skin, they''d be more prone to getting rickets because the sun doesn''t shine as often in the north/south.

People''s height, size, and appearance also changed as they moved throughout the globe. THUS, that''s how african Humans became the rest of the world.

All of our descendants were african. We all have african lineage. :-)

Hope that helps!

[Marie Zarankevich]

Race has only to do with how far from the Equator your ancestors migrated. -- We''re all of African descent.

[incog-nito]

Phew! That was a close call. I feel so much better now knowing that we made it. Don''t know about you, but personally I would feel very upset if I were to find out that humans didn''t make it.

[davewrite1]

Unfortunately, too many are ignorant not only about science, including genetics, but also are enumerate. Ergo: Scientific revelation, backed by mountains of supporting evidence, baffles most folks. What what needs to do is understand is the power of doubling. Start with 2,000 and then double it for every 20 years, and you''ll arrive at a startling large number. You can also do the reverse: Each of us have four grandparent of which each had four grandparents: 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, 1028. Do that for even a mere 500 generatons and you''ve got over a million grandparent. Carry it our father and you''ll see why we''re all related. Race is a social construct, for example, not a biological realty.

[displeased]

Gee whiz if that story doesn''''t match the Bible accounts of creation and the great flood!
Posted by bobbyduck1

I thought they said it was a drought?

[Marie Zarankevich]

Your religion is no excuse for your profound ignorance. -- You all could become informed people, but you prefer to glorify laziness into a religious act. -- Not bothering to study in school is not a religious act! -- You should be ashamed of yourselves for not using the minds that God gave you. -- You were given them for a reason.

[Marie Zarankevich]

Dear denn034 -- Somewhere in you Bible it tells you to ''Seek The Truth''. -- You cant do that without opening a few OTHER books, ya know? -- ;

[bobbyduck1]

Hmm...interestingly science has now identified an "Eve" that all humanity descended from, and a period of near extinction some time much later. Gee whiz if that story doesn''t match the Bible accounts of creation and the great flood! Now all we have to do is figure out how "science" got the dates wrong!

Kind of like when "science" knew for sure the Bible was fairy tales because there was no such person as Nebuchadnezer....then one day they dug him up! Ends up that only the Bible carried that bit of history for many generations.

[jcr103]

I think they are wrong. How did 2000 people in Africa become ''''US'''' today. Does not make sense. I want more details because what they are givng us in this article is not enough to justify their statement.

Posted by lvdragonlady

Maybe you should go download the scientific article in the American Journal of Human Genetics and read it then.

[lvdragonlady-2009]

I think they are wrong. How did 2000 people in Africa become ''US'' today. Does not make sense. I want more details because what they are givng us in this article is not enough to justify their statement.

[usbrit-2009]

You''''re wrong ThinkHarder. I work with a bunch of genenticists and I don''''t like ''''em.

Posted by talkingham

What exactly do you do with these genenticists you don''t like.