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An interesting article appeared in last Thursday's Daily Telegraph which may be found at
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/09/30/wdesc30.xml

It briefly describes the outcome of a programme of research carried out at MIT by a team led by Dr Steve Olson - this suggesting that all people alive today share a single common ancestor who lived in Asia in 1,415 BC. [Dr Olson was keen to stress however that this date was an estimate.]

If indeed true, then this finding suggests that - apart from a handful of fortunate individuals - mankind was completely snuffed out not that long ago. Had Dr Olson's estimate been 880 or so years earlier then, clearly, the Genesis Flood - provided it were accepted as a _global_ cataclysm - would have provided the necessary mechanism for such mass extinction. But if not a universal flood, then what? Perhaps the estimate is wrong; perhaps the procedure which has led Dr Olson to conclude that all - since 1,415 BC - are descended from a single ancestor, is wrong. It is all highly intriguing. I invite informed comment from the list.

Sincerely,

Vernon

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Received on Sat Oct 2 18:11:48 2004