Let’s talk about ancient DNA

My new video made quite a splash! Apparently, lots of Christians are asking questions about the DNA we can now pull from very old skeletons. How do they do it? What are the data telling us? How is it even there, if the bones are as old as claimed? Without revealing too many details about what is in the main presentation, here I am just talking about ancient DNA and its implications for the creation-evolution debate. I also throw in a few things I was not able to address in the main presentation, including the genetics of ancient Canaanites and Philistines found in and around Israel.

Notes and links:

You can order Ancient DNA: Illuminating the Tapestry of Biblical Human History at creation.com (physical DVD or streaming format): creation.com/en/landing/ancient-dna

How reliable are genomes from ancient DNA? (Creation.com)

Patriarchal Drive in the early post-Flood population (Creation.com)

Patriarchal Drive (BiblicalGenetics.com)

Ancient History vs the Table of Nations (BiblicalGenetics.com)

Extensive mixing of Israelites and non-Israelites in biblical history (Creation.com)

The genetic history of the Israelite nation (Creation.com)

The Israelites: forging of a nation (Creation.com)

Genetics of modern Jews (BiblicalGenetics.com)

Early Israel was a hotbed of interracial mixing (BiblicalGenetics.com)

The Jews, Israel, and false notions of 'race' (BiblicalGenetics.com)

Who were the Philistines? (Creation.com)

Ötzi

Mitochondrial Eve and the Three 'Daughters' of Noah (Creation.com)

The High-Tech Cell (Creation.com)

Feldman et al. 2019 Ancient DNA sheds light on the genetic origins of early Iron Age Philistines, Sci Adv 3;5(7):eaax0061, 2019.

Haber et al. 2017 Continuity and admixture in the last five millennia of Levantine history from ancient Canaanite and present-day Lebanese genome sequences, Am J Hum Genet 3;101(2):274-282, 2017,

Rylands Fragment of the Gospel of John

Georgia Institute of Technology