The evolutionary says that modern humans evolved ~200-300,000 years ago from a large population of ~10,000-100,000 individuals. But the Bible teaches that all humans descended from Adam & Eve, around 6,000-7,500 years ago. So what does the data say?

The data from genetics contradicts the evolutionist story and aligns with the Bible. Scientists can analyze genetic mutations in modern humans and trace our ancestry back in time. This data shows that all humans descend from one original couple, less than 10,000 years ago.

Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) mtDNA is a small, circular genome around ~16,500 base pairs in length, found in the mitochondria of a cell, which codes for proteins used in energy production. mtDNA is inherited only from the mother. It's used to trace maternal ancestry due to its

In 1997, Parsons et al. published a major study showing mutation rates much faster than predicted or expected. Evolutionists predicted the mutation rate to be ~1 mutation per 10,000-20,000 years for the control region that was tested, which translates to ~1 mutation per

The data proved them very, very wrong. Instead, what Parsons found was ~1 mutation per 400-1,200 years for the control region, which translates to about ~1 mutation per 125 years in the entire mtDNA genome. The measured mutation rate was about 20x FASTER than evolutionists

The math: There are only about 50 total mutations that separate modern humans from Mitochondrial Eve (our last common human ancestor), so: 1 mutation per 125 years x 50 mutations = 6,250 years. Right in line with the Bible.

How could the Evolutionists be so wrong? They were so wrong because they based their predictions on the ASSUMPTION that the evolutionary timelines were true, which was based on the ASSUMPTION that their fossil dates were true, which was based on the ASSUMPTION that their dating

This one study threw all those assumptions into doubt - or at least it should have. Evolutionists didn’t want to believe it, and other researchers came forward to test Parsons’ results. Instead of proving him wrong, they confirmed his results over and over again.

After Parsons, at least five more studies confirmed his results - including Howell(1996, 2003), Mumm (1997), Madrigal (2012), and Sigurðardóttir (2000). Every single one confirmed the fast mutation rates - too fast for the evolutionary timeline to be true.

But in true “scientific” fashion, the evolutionists have largely ignored this data, preferring to explain it away with rescue devices. Their first objection is that Parsons used what are called Pedigree mutation rates, instead of Phylogenetic mutation rates.

But Pedigree Rates are directly observed, measured by counting mtDNA mutations passed from mother to child in living families. Phylogenetic Rates are estimated by comparing mtDNA across populations or species, assuming millions of years since a species split.

@DivinelyDesined Back-calculating from single-generation pedigree rates in mtDNA assumes that literally every last mutation will reach fixation. This is impossibly false. Many of the mutations in these studies wouldn't even reach fixation within the family, let alone the whole species. Not every

@modalsurrealist So much wrong here. 1. You said "pedigree rates in mtDNA assumes that literally every last mutation will reach fixation." False. Observed Pedigree rates directly sequence mothers and kids, counting new mutations in the mtDNA control region that have already become fixed in the