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Can all people be genetically traced back to one woman ancestor, as the ‘mitochondrial Eve’ hypothesis claims? How about tracing all people back to one common male ancestor?

• A shrinking date for Eve (Semi-Technical)
• No bones about Eve!
• What About Neanderthal DNA? (Semi-Technical)
• Y-Chromosome Adam? (Semi-Technical)
• Y-chromosomes confirm Genesis teaching about Abraham (Semi-Technical)

What about the similarities between monkey and human DNA? Does this support evolution?

• Ape and Human DNA Similarity: Does it prove evolution? (available in Spanish)
• The Origin of Humans (from Evolution Exposed)
• FOXP2 and the non-evolution of human language
• Furry little humans?
• Reevaluation of >98% Similarity of Chimpanzee and Human DNA

What about the similarities between monkey and human DNA?

• Human/chimp DNA similarity continues to decrease: counting indels
• Chimp-human hybridization: two of a kind or two different kinds?
• If human and chimp DNA are so similar, why are there so many physical and mental differences between them?
• Chimp genome sequence very different from man
• TIME to stay current on human origins
• Evolution: fact or fiction?
• The differences make the difference—differences in gene expression distinguish humans from other primates
• Are pseudogenes ‘shared mistakes’ between primate genomes?

How does the field of genetics affect the creation/evolution debate?

• A serious problem for homology
• Bears across the world
• DNA dating—positive evidence that the fossils are young
• DNA: marvelous messages or mostly mess?
• Dogs breeding dogs
• Genetics and biblical demographic events
• Genetics and God’s natural selection
• Genetics: No Friend of Evolution
• Hox (homeobox) Genes — Evolution’s Saviour?
• Hox Hype: Has Macro-evolution Been Proven?
• ‘Junk’ DNA: evolutionary discards or God’s tools? (Technical)
• ‘Oldest’ DNA—an exciting find!
• Transposons: the good, the bad and the ugly (PDF, The Biblical Creation Society)
• See also Q&A: ‘Vestigial’ Organs — What about ‘vestigial’ or ‘junk’ DNA?

From a Biblical standpoint, how should Christians view topics such as cloning and genetic engineering?

• Hot potatoes: Is there a ‘creationist view’ on genetically modified foods?
• Of Lettuces and Cow-Humans
• Manipulating life?
• See also Q&A: Cloning

How should Christians view the human genome project?

• The Human Genome Project: how should we view it?
• The Human Genome: A Creationist Overview (off-site, ICR Impact)
• Missing links in gene knowledge
• Genome Mania—Deciphering the human genome: what does it mean?

What should Christians think about genetically modified foods?

• Frankenstein foods?

How would very long lifespans, such as those mentioned in the Genesis account of pre-flood patriarchs, have been genetically possible?

• Living for 900 years? (available in Spanish)
• Decreased Lifespans: Have We Been Looking in the Right Place? (Semi-Technical)