# Three Stories on Adam

**URL:** <https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/three-stories-on-adam/1014>\
**Category:** Peaceful Science\
**Tags:** Adam\
**Created:** [August 5, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/three-stories-on-adam/1014 "2018-08-05T06:25:12Z")\
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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:** [August 5, 2018, 6:25am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/three-stories-on-adam/1014/1 "2018-08-05T06:25:12Z")

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This is an important post, and I encourage everyone to read it.

> **[Three Stories on Adam](https://peacefulscience.org/articles/three-stories-on-adam/)**
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> Three different stories of Adam and Eve might be consistent with the genetic evidence. It returns us to the Grand Questions of Origins. We all should care.

> The first story is the most technical, and it is about **sole-_genetic_ progenitorship** ([discussion](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/ancient-sole-genetic-progenitor-adam/987)). If Adam and Eve were more ancient than 500-700 thousand years ago, they could have been our sole- _genetic_ progenitors. This would mean all “humans” would descend directly from Adam and Eve, and their offspring never interbred with others.
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> The second story is the most recent, and it is about **_genetic_-interbreeding progenitorship** ([discussion](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genetic-interbreeding-adam/988)). If Adam and Eve were about 200 thousand years ago, it might be possible they were the genetic progenitors of _Homo sapiens_ , as long as their offspring interbred with other hominids like Neanderthals. This finding is **not settled yet** , and will be looked at more closely with _Reasons to Believe_ this Fall
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> The third story is the most surprising, and it is about **sole-_genealogical_ progenitorship** ([discussion](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/recent-sole-genealogical-progenitor-adam/986)). As recently as 6,000 years ago, Adam and Eve could have been created _de novo,_ in the Middle East, ancestors of us all. Their offspring, however, would have interbred extensively with those outside the The Garden. This is [The Genealogical Adam](http://peacefulscience.org/genealogical-rapprochement/) we have been putting forward for over a year now.

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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:** [August 18, 2020, 3:04am UTC](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/three-stories-on-adam/1014/15 "2020-08-18T03:04:00Z")

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[The Three Stories](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/three-stories-on-adam/1014) are discussed separately on these threads:

1. [Story One: Ancient Sole-Genetic Progenitor Adam](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/ancient-sole-genetic-progenitor-adam/987)
2. [Story Two: Genetic-Interbreeding Adam](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/genetic-interbreeding-adam/988)
3. [Story Three: Recent Sole-Genealogical Progenitor Adam](https://discourse.peacefulscience.org/t/recent-sole-genealogical-progenitor-adam/986)