>Susan Brassfield wrote:
>>>>Scientists now know many of the reasons there is variation in a
>population. But not all. So if you wanted to inject a diety into the
>process you could simply say that Innana (who predates Yaweh
>historically) causes gene replication errors in favored populations.<<<
>
>I would like a reference to Innana. Who was she (or he) and which
>culture worshipped her/him/it?
She is the Sumerian equivalent of the Babylonian Ishtar:
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~cbsiren/assyrbabyl-faq.html
>Secondly, since this list is really about Evolution and the Bible what
>does Innana have to do with the Bible?
Innana figures in the Gilgamesh myth which is the basis for some of the
early myths of the Bible, such as the flood.
And this list--as far as I understand--is for the discussion of
evolution,
for and against.
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-- glennFoundation, Fall and FloodAdam, Apes and Anthropologyhttp://www.isource.net/~grmorton/dmd.htm