# NPR: Swamidas, Lents and Templeton on the GAE

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/npr-swamidas-lents-and-templeton-on-the-gae/8651>\
**Category:** Public Square\
**Tags:** Adam, Science, Theology\
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 10:18pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/npr-swamidas-lents-and-templeton-on-the-gae/8651 "2019-12-06T22:18:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![swamidass](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/discourse.peacefulscience.org/swamidass/32/3_2.png) [@swamidass](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/u/swamidass)\
**Post date:** [December 8, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/npr-swamidas-lents-and-templeton-on-the-gae/8651/11 "2019-12-08T20:12:30Z")

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> [@Joe\_Felsenstein](#):
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> If Genealogical Adam and Eve has a genealogical connection to us all, but does not contribute any genes to any of us, how can science investigate whether [GAE](http://peacefulscience.org/genealogical-adam-eve) existed?

Well, quite a bit of the book is occupied with this question. I’ll be curious to hear your thoughts on my detailed case, and the lines of evidence I use to make a positive case for my scientific claims.

> [@Joe\_Felsenstein](#):
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> Or how Original Sin got handed down to, say, me?

Well, if the GAE is real, it means original sin doesn’t pass by DNA, but some other way. Theologians never thought original sin passed by DNA any ways.

I offer a few possibilities of how we can think about it in the book. @Nlents has offered his own thoughts on this too: [Nathan Lents on Original Sin](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/nathan-lents-on-original-sin/8559).

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