# Is a Recent Genealogical Adam Detectable?

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**Tags:** Adam\
**Created:** [June 22, 2018, 12:03am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-a-recent-genealogical-adam-detectable/454 "2018-06-22T00:03:06Z")\
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**Author:** ![gbrooks9](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/gbrooks9/32/7979_2.png) [@gbrooks9](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/gbrooks9)\
**Post date:** [June 22, 2018, 1:44am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/is-a-recent-genealogical-adam-detectable/454/7 "2018-06-22T01:44:11Z")

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> [@Assessing the Reasons to Believe Model](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/assessing-the-reasons-to-believe-model/453/11):
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> Mark, you’re not looking for a two person bottleneck anyway, are you? Help me understand, if so.

If I understand Mark’s position, @Guy_Coe, he **COULD** have a 2 person de novo creation when it comes time to specially create humans.

But he has to put them behind the 700,000 year wall … because any more recent than that and it would be detectable… which it isn’t.

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