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[Airbus Jr]

This conclusion was reached using DNA barcoding, a simple and rapid technique for reliable identification of the species to which the organism belongs.

Through DNA barcoding, geneticists Mark Stoeckle and David Thaler from the Basel University in Switzerland have determined that more than 90% of all animal species today have descended from parents that gave birth to the offspring at the same time, 250,000 years ago.

Thaler says these results surprised him that he challenged them, but eventually had to accept them. The results also showed that all people today are the offspring of a single pair of humanoids, which also surprisingly explains little genetic diversity.

If humans and 90% of animals suddenly appeared 250,000 years ago, the questions that arise are what existed before them and what led to the extinction of those?

 

[Kamina]

You may want to add your source.
Fascinating theory though.

 

[Aintitcool]

When the book of genesis gets scientific backing... but yeah DNA does not let you read it in a way you can determine origins like that.

 

[Thurible]

You may want to add your source.

This.

I do not see an article listed nor multiple sources. I also remember the fake news about Pope Francis hating the LHC and believing in hell portals that you recently gave us OP.

more than 90% of all animal species today have descended from parents that gave birth to the offspring at the same time, 250,000 years ago.

Also, though I am not a scientist, this claim seems absolutely ridiculous. The timeframe is incredibly short and there is so much diversity among different species of animals around the world that it wouldn't make any sense that they would ALL share an common ancestor. You are saying ALL animal life come from this pair, and not just homo sapiens, which is impossible (ex. does the angler fish come from man?). Many animals came before us and have descendants that exist today that are certainly not related to human beings in any way. Perhaps this is just worded weirdly and the intent was to say all human beings came from this pair.

Even if what they meant was all of humanity, I don't believe there would be a way to identify a sole male and female progenitor. Also, I don't think an entire species could realistically survive from only two parents, we are at 7 billion people now.

I don't believe this for a second. Though I will happily eat crow if I am given substantial proof.

 

[Thaedolus]

This.

I do not see an article listed nor multiple sources. I also remember the fake news about Pope Francis hating the LHC and believing in hell portals that you recently gave us OP.


Also, though I am not a scientist, this claim seems absolutely ridiculous. The timeframe is incredibly short and there is so much diversity among different species of animals around the world that it wouldn't make any sense that they would ALL share an common ancestor. You are saying ALL animal life come from this pair, and not just homo sapiens, which is impossible (ex. does the angler fish come from man?). Many animals came before us and have descendants that exist today that are certainly not related to human beings in any way. Perhaps this is just worded weirdly and the intent was to say all human beings came from this pair.

Even if what they meant was all of humanity, I don't believe there would be a way to identify a sole male and female progenitor. Also, I don't think an entire species could realistically survive from only two parents, we are at 7 billion people now.

I don't believe this for a second. Though I will happily eat crow if I am given substantial proof.

Bruh, the results surprised the guy. And he challenged them. But then he had to accept them. Sounds open and shut to me.

 

[Dice]

But how did SCIENCEphotoLIBRARY get a font that small?

 

[Jesus Carbomb]

Why we still got monkeys?

 

[Trojita]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michae...uple-who-lived-200000-years-ago/#45f19ed27cd8

Nov 26, 2018, 10:46am

 

[Papa]

Adam and Steve?

 

[haxan7]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michae...uple-who-lived-200000-years-ago/#45f19ed27cd8

Nov 26, 2018, 10:46am

Yeah, even in my semi-drunk state I immediately knew this article/OP was designed to push a Christian agenda of all humans descending from the biblical Adam and Eve. Even if the OP didn't intend that, that's clearly where it was coming from.

In the world of reality, PBS did a somewhat similar Nova episode a few years ago about the "mitochondrial eve" that we all descend from.

Tracking Down Our Genetic "Adam and Eve"

Our genetic 'Adam'—the ancestor of all Y chromosomes—might have walked the Earth with our genetic 'Eve.

www.pbs.org

 

[triplestation]

this seems iffy

 

[Sakura]

It is impossible to draw those conclusions from one bit of mitochondrial DNA, which is what they are doing. Just because it can be traced back to probably a single woman probably 200 or so thousand years ago, does not mean she was the first human, nor the only human at that time. It also does not mean that we aren't decended from other humans, just that we didn't inherit their mitochondrial dna.

 

[petran79]

I remember watching this film about the subject. More believable than the above theory

Quest for Fire (1981) ⭐ 7.3 | Adventure, Drama

1h 40m | R

m.imdb.com

 

[SirKicksalot]

I remember watching this film about the subject. More believable than the above theory

Quest for Fire (1981) ⭐ 7.3 | Adventure, Drama

1h 40m | R

m.imdb.com

This movie is incredible.

 

[GamingKaiju]

Wait! What!? Was the book of genesis correct then? Or is this some sort of Christian Science stuff?

So we are all from born from incestal sex but said incestal sex is illegal makes me question our government overlords now, what else is a lie

 

[brap]

this seems iffy

science iffy uh

 

[MilkyJoe]

And where did they decend from?

 

[llien]

You may want to add your source.

Here is the source:

 

[Kusanagi2086]

Yes the lack of source from OP had me suspicious then I saw the other article debunking this, I really find it despicable when religious groups tries to twist science into supporting their conclusions.

EDIT: It seems the report was highly misquoted and sensationalized by the press (big shock) and religious groups not really understanding the actual science jumped on it.

 

[Cunth]

So my mummy is your mummy?

 

[The Cockatrice]

Nice try religious fanatics.

 

[Weilthain]

Nice try religious fanatics.

You have your own religious ideology as well you just don’t know it.

 

[dan76]

Why we still got monkeys?

Because they haven't died out yet. They will soon enough as we continue to wreck the planet.

Yeah, not buying this "research".

 

[Birdo]

Cishet shitlords.

 

[The Cockatrice]

You have your own religious ideology as well you just don’t know it.

Prove it.

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

JordanN am cry.

 

[Tesseract]

is this an AI darpanet post

this shit so goofy it goofy as shit

 

[Hissing Sid]

Would you Adam and Eve it?

Er, no.

 

[Tesseract]

everyone knows eve was made from a mcrib

 

[Shifty]

everyone knows eve was made from a mcrib

And also the part where the snake tempted her into sin with the promise of a deep-fried apple pie hotpocket.

 

[Airola]

Adam and Steve?

Glad you didn't deadname Eve.

 

[Airola]

Because they haven't died out yet. They will soon enough as we continue to wreck the planet.

We destroy ourselves and everything that we have built. The current monkeys stay alive and end up evolving to humans. And they will end up wrecking the planet too, and who were monkeys to them are going to end up evolving into humans :O

The final plot twist: we used to be monkeys too and at the same time there were humans who wrecked the planet and left us to evolve into humans :O :O

 

[Weilthain]

Prove it.

Moon landings are a good place to start

 

[DoctorEkkoUK]

bets on how long until OP posts a story on how Noahs ark has been discovered.

 

[The Cockatrice]

Moon landings are a good place to start

Yes, I've been on the Moon.

 

[Tesseract]

Moon landings are a good place to start

:/

 

[Weilthain]

:/

You on my balls again because I don’t believe in the moon landings?

 

[Tesseract]

You on my balls again because I don’t believe in the moon landings?

do whatever ya want, ignore reality at your peril

 

[DunDunDunpachi]

do whatever ya want, ignore reality at your peril

What is reality

 

[Weilthain]

do whatever ya want, ignore reality at your peril

Don’t worry, they’ll be back on the moon by 2024. And they’ll film it with video cameras and everything.

Spoiler

they won’t

 

[greyshark]

Wtf we have moon lander conspiracy theorists on the forum now? Trash thread brings outs out the best in us I see.

 

[V4skunk]

So the msm are starting to admit the fact that us humans have been around much much longer than previously admitted.

 

[BlackOlivesMatter]

 

[Weilthain]

Wtf we have moon lander conspiracy theorists on the forum now? Trash thread brings outs out the best in us I see.

I don’t believe in the moon landings, I’m not a bad person.

 

[greyshark]

I don’t believe in the moon landings, I’m not a bad person.

Of course not - I wouldn't call conspiracy theorists bad people. I think I was (am?) frustrated with this terrible thread - provocative title, no source, bullshit content in OP.

 

[Tesseract]

What is reality

that's the beast in you talking

 

[Gargus]

Proof or its bullshit.

 

[synchronicity]

Off-topic a bit, but I've always been fascinated by the probable near-brushes with extinction we've faced in our history.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/early-human-population-size-genetic-diversity/

I wonder how close we've gotten to missing out entirely on stuff like this:

https://www.neogaf.com/threads/are-...guy-off-the-street-to-fuck-ever-real.1497430/

 

[iconmaster]

I'm tired of science playing footsies with Genesis.

Just **** or get off the pot, already.

 

[#Phonepunk#]

science also tells us we have 60% of the same DNA material as a banana. not sure this tells us anything other than some scientists can connect some dots that they've drawn.

also "a simple and rapid technique" sounds like a good way to get a quick result but cut a lot of corners while you do it. could be error prone, especially the more you use it (and described as "rapid" they probably did)