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The intersection of biblical studies, genetics, history, genealogy, and geography.

Seabird shennanigans

Seabird shennanigans

Dr Carter spent some time recently in New Zealand. While there, he stopped by a giant colony of gannets. These sea birds number in the millions but they create a bit of a taxonomic mystery. Are three living species of gannets and the eight living species of booby one...

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Placing Noah’s sons on the Y chromosome tree

Placing Noah’s sons on the Y chromosome tree

It is only natural for people to want to compare the Table of Nations (Genesis 10) to geography, linguistics, ancient history, and/or patterns in human DNA. The solution, however, is harder than most people think. Here, I list multiple reasons why it might actually be...

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DNA from the last woolly mammoths supports the Bible

DNA from the last woolly mammoths supports the Bible

The woolly mammoth is strongly associated with the Ice Age, but they survived until surprisingly recent times in the far north. Recently, the genomes of multiple mammoths from the last surviving population on Wrangel Island were sequenced. The scientists concluded the...

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Natural selection has little power in the real world

Natural selection has little power in the real world

Mike Lynch and colleagues published a paper that is devastating to thousands of past studies on natural selection. By sequencing DNA from multiple natural populations over several years, they showed that the net effect of natural selection is "zero" for most genetic...

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Can creationists explain Neanderthals?

Can creationists explain Neanderthals?

Neanderthals got their name from a valley that was, in turn, named after a beloved pastor and hymnwriter named Joachim Neander. Thus, since their first discovery, they have been associated with Christianity, believe it or not. Problem is, Neanderthals have been...

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A deep dive into the nation of Edom

A deep dive into the nation of Edom

In this, the 7th episode in our series on biblical genealogy, Dr Rob takes us deep into the genealogy of the nation of Edom. This was a people/tribe/kingdom that existed south of the Dead Sea and southeast of the kingdom of Judah, which dominated Edom for several...

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An Introduction to Esau

An Introduction to Esau

Video Link: https://youtu.be/OTj_P8P1v6Q   In this, the 6th episode on biblical genealogy, Dr Rob explains where the nation of Edom came from, how they tie into the main biblical story, and how to handle several tricky textual problems in Genesis 36.  ...

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The Nations Surrounding Israel

The Nations Surrounding Israel

In this, the 5th episode in our series on biblical genealogy, Dr Rob explains the origins of the nations that surrounded (and still surround) Israel. He explains who the Philistines, the Phoenicians, the Aramaeans, the Ammonites, the Moabites, and the Edomites were...

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