Jesus' Pedigree

[Nearly Sane]

Yes I suppose we would have to exclude recently discovered tribal peoples from that statistic, but of course numerically they are insignificant.  To include them we would have to factor in the last Out Of Africa migrations

I wonder if you could model a prediction on when that wouldn't be necessary.

[Khatru]

Yes, that's right.  Not just Jesus, but everyone living in the region would have been a descendent of both David and Abraham simply by virtue of the way human family trees grow over extended periods of time.  Similarly all modern Europeans can justly claim to be descendants of Charlemagne the Great, the last common ancestor of Europeans is calculated to be around 1400AD.  The last common ancestor for the entire human population of Earth is calculated to be around 1400BC IIRC.

These are reckonings I struggle to grasp.

Far be it from me to question the work of geneticists but following recent news, does it follow that the xommon ancestor for all humanity is an Australian Aborigine?

[torridon]

These are reckonings I struggle to grasp.

Far be it from me to question the work of geneticists but following recent news, does it follow that the xommon ancestor for all humanity is an Australian Aborigine?

Highly unlikely to be an Australian Aborigine. More likely he/she would have been a resident of the Middle East.

[Anchorman]

Dear Blue, Yes!! Our Nicholas does that to some posters Me! I am more relaxed regarding his Science of Righteousness, it has a nice ring to it, if you follow some of his stuff it is backed up by, well lets call it "real science". I remember one time he was chuntering on about nervous energy and linking it to football crowds, it turns out there are real scientific studies into crowd behaviour at football matches, wasted energy, and also real scientific studies into nervous energy, linking it to anxiety. So relax Blue, chill out, join our Nicholas and Prof Hawking in looking for The Grand Unification of all the Field Forces Although I think Prof Hawking has another name for it Gonnagle.

Er.....he's not the only one with another name for it.......