Swamidass on how Tasmania affects universal ancestry from the Genealogical Adam and Eve

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Johnson’s review was particularly focused on the “Tasmanian problem,” which is probably the main scientific criticism regarding the GAE model. (I think other than this, most criticisms of the model have been theological and philosophical.) Jay Johnson argues that from the extant scientific evidence, it is likely that the Tasmanians have been genealogically isolated since at least 10,000 BCE (due to the Bass Strait separating them from Australia), making it impossible for an Adam and Eve living 6 kya to be the genealogical ancestors of everyone by the time the Bible was written.

It is things like this that made me push Adam way, way back. the average age of a gene in humans is around 1 million years, and the oldest genes are in the neighborhood of 5 million years old (based on the number of mutations found in various human societies. Take a look at When did Adam Live? Part 3-Genetics

Worship among the ancient hominids goes way back in time as well. I figure if they are worshiping anything, then they are like us–made in the image of God. Look for when did Adam live part 1 for that information.