[Junior]

Another recent article put the bottleneck at a few thousand individuals 20,000 years ago, not two or eight individuals 6,000 years ago. Genesis still does not offer any insight into this situation. Sorry.

[Diddle E. Squat]

Actually it does. Statistically a few thousand 20,000 years ago could very well have actually been 8. Because there is so much figuritve language used in the Bible, I don't believe in a literal 7 days or 4,000 year timeline(though Biblical commands on lifestyle, the story of a virgin birth, etc. are clearly literal). And remember that science is theory, much of what science believes now will prove false in a few decades. So once again scientific research seems to confirm Biblical accounts(just as I believe most elements of evolution support the Biblical account, but the missing link is missing for a reason, Adam never was an ape. IIRC, Darwin was a Christian.)