It’s impossible to prove that we didn’t descend from just two individuals. But the genetic evidence makes that scenario extremely unlikely.
The BioLogos Series on “Adam, Eve, and Population Genetics”
In 2010, the BioLogos Foundation’s arguments against Adam and Eve were covered in Christianity Today. In response to scientific criticism of these arguments, BioLogos published this series of articles in 2014 and 2015.
In 2017, this series was found to have several conclusion-altering scientific errors. January 2020, BioLogos briefly acknolwedged errors in this series. However, they declined our request to transparently correct the scientific errors here.
Instead, in June 2021, BioLogos deleted the series. They posted a new article at a different URL with different authorship. The new aricle is a substantially revised version of the first article in this series, back-dated to November 12, 2014. The conclusions of the new article are substatially reivised, but the note claimed they were “unchanged.”
It’s impossible to prove that we didn’t descend from just two individuals. But the genetic evidence makes that scenario extremely unlikely.
Theologian Vern Poythress fails to understand the relevant science, and that the evidence does not support his conclusions.
William Lane Craig argues that it is possible to hold to Adam and Eve as the unique progenitors of all of humanity - but do his arguments hold up?
Too often, evangelical Christians use bad science to defend their faith. This needs to stop.
