Fossil Discovery: More Evidence for Asia, Not Africa, as the Source of Earliest Anthropoid Primates

Science Daily ^ | 06/07/2012

[TigersEye]

Making an argument from a facetious comment isn’t logical it’s neurotic.

[onedoug]

I'm a staunch advocate of Old Testament theology - a Noachide, if you will - and I find this material simply fascinating.

Being far from an expert on any of it - I find molecular biology very difficult, even for its frequent deemphasis of God - yet I can't help but be moved by some of the argumentation contained therein.

From the Wiki entry, for example on "Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroup":

Understanding the evolutionary path of the female lineage has helped population geneticists trace the matrilineal inheritance of modern humans back to human origins in Africa and the subsequent spread across the globe.

The letter names of the haplogroups run from A to Z. As haplogroups were named in the order of their discovery, they do not reflect the actual genetic relationships.

The woman at the root of all these groups is the matrilineal most recent common ancestor (MRCA) for all currently living humans. She is commonly called Mitochondrial Eve.

It's very compelling, and unless one is a "young Earth creationist", which I'm not, nonetheless the "Glory of God" shows forth very clearly to me in these datum, although certainly not conclusive - as good science never really is - yet it can't help but challenge my faculties at least, such as they may be.

[SeekAndFind]

RE: Making an argument from a facetious comment isn’t logical it’s neurotic.

Why? we can always assume that the comment is serious... it is always an exercise for the mind.

[The Cajun]

Are you sure?

Dang asteroid missed one!

[SunkenCiv]

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Thanks SeekAndFind. The Scars of Evolution: What Our Bodies Tell Us About Human Origins by Elaine Morgan "The most remarkable aspect of Todaro's discovery emerged when he examined Homo Sapiens for the 'baboon marker'. It was not there... Todaro drew one firm conclusion. 'The ancestors of man did not develop in a geographical area where they would have been in contact with the baboon. I would argue that the data we are presenting imply a non-African origin of man millions of years ago.'" To all -- please ping me to other topics which are appropriate for the GGG list.

[null and void]

Asteroid??? EXCUSE ME???

[wildbill]

This study is motivated by racism. Why? Because it attempts to reorder the ‘settled’ science about where humans evolved from Africa to Asia. [sarcasm/]

[Bronco_Buster_FweetHyagh]

If we all came from asia, when did our wieners get so big?

[Little Bill]

I have had a problem with the out of Africa theory for about thirty years. Asia is a tabula rasa, things might get interesting in a few years.