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[Member 27]

There's a program on National Geographic right now on whether it's possible for every human on Earth to come from Adam and Eve. It's called "Search for Adam".

It'll also show us what he might have looked like.

It's on. See ya.

[surfingusa9854]

Interesting. Thank you.. I may very well check it out.

[Member 27]

It just said that in Mongolia, 1 out of every 12 men are descendants of Genghis Khan. They like all have the same mutation or something. So it is possible for a bunch of people to be related to one guy. So can every person on Earth be related to a scientific Adam? I dunno. We'll find out.

[Zephyr]

they worked out, that everyone possibly has a relation to a guy who lived in asia 3,500 years ago...

[wildmaven]

Sounds like a great show. Wish I could've seen it!

Marian

[ayen]

Adam was the first man on earth. The hard part of some would ask, 'Does that mean we're related?' I don't really know how that works. But could be. Probably. And I mean some of us being related, in case I wasn't clear before.

[Member 27]

Well, it said we did come from one guy (in Africa), because we all have the same mutation.

But there were people before him, and he wasn't alone. Their genes just didn't get passed on. But I don't understand how one guy can have billions of offspring? Don't people who, uh, 'mate' with their siblings end up with kids who can't have offspring, or/and are disabled mentally or physically?

[RetsamDiortem]

Well it says in the Bible Adam and Eve were the first 2 people on Earth. They had 2 children, Cane and Able. It's been a while since I've read the Bible but one of them killed the other(think it was Able, correct me if I'm wrong) God forgave him, but made him move far away. He married a girl named Seth... but if Adam and Eve only had 2 children, where did this Seth come from? Kinda makes me think God put more than 2 people on Earth during creation.