[Ahban]

Hi toothy,

I'd like to know how they came up with the "as recently as 50,000 years ago number". If it is like some of the fudge factor numbers I have seen in other DNA studies, the real number will be even more recent than that.

I have a suggestion for a potential bottleneck- Adam and Eve were created recently compared to the creation of Chimps and other primates.

I understand the Toba hypothesis, but I'd like someone to explain to me how Toba thinned only the HUMAN gene pool, while leaving the genetic diversity in the other primate gene pools, allegdedly from the same region, intact.

The most logical explanation for the data is that human beings are very recent compared to other primates.

[staytrue]

In mammals, mitochondiral rna mutates at a fairly fixed rate. The number of mutations is sort of like a ticking clock. Count the mutations and you have a very good time line. PS. Modern science does not preclude a god or even a christian god. Besides, the bible is simply man's imperfect translation of whatever was originally said. You can use it as a guide, but it may be an imperfect translation. Don't let creationist BS blind you to facts.

[blam]

Don't leave out Mungo Man.