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Biblical Genetics

Dr. Robert Carter

Biblical Genetics is a vlog/podcast by Dr. Robert Carter. His posts explore modern genetics through the lens of biblical history, and vice versa.

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13:34

Can creationists make any real predictions? Or are...

Biblical Genetics ·

2023/03/01

Given the biblical accounts of Creation and the Flood, can we draw any conclusions about what we would expect in genetics? That depends on status of the species in question (e.g., 'clean' vs 'unclean and 'on the Ark' vs 'not on the Ark'), its population history, the amount of created diversity initially engineered into that species/kind, difference in mutation rates and DNA repair systems, and things like that. In the end, no, we cannot make many direct predictions, yet much of the genetic data and

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27:55

Sexual Recombination, complex genetics, and...

Biblical Genetics ·

2023/01/25

Notes, links, and things to think about: Hinch et al. 2011. The landscape of recombination in African Americans. Nature 476:170–177, 2011. Eberle et al. 2017. A reference dataset of 5.4 million human variants validated by genetic inheritance from sequencing a three-generation 17-member pedigree. Genome Res 27(1):157–164. Altemose et al. 2017. A map of human PRDM9 binding provides evidence for novel behaviors of PRDM9 and other zinc-finger proteins in meiosis. Elife 6:e28383. Grey et al

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27:55

Sexual Recombination, complex genetics, and...

Biblical Genetics ·

2023/01/25

Notes, links, and things to think about: Hinch et al. 2011. The landscape of recombination in African Americans. Nature 476:170–177, 2011. Eberle et al. 2017. A reference dataset of 5.4 million human variants validated by genetic inheritance from sequencing a three-generation 17-member pedigree. Genome Res 27(1):157–164. Altemose et al. 2017. A map of human PRDM9 binding provides evidence for novel behaviors of PRDM9 and other zinc-finger proteins in meiosis. Elife 6:e28383. Grey et al

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30:03

Things I no longer believe

Biblical Genetics ·

2023/01/12

Dr Rob spills the beans about several things he no longer believes, including Darwinian evolution, the simplicity of bacteria, Linnean taxonomy, and the thought that the human embryo goes through the stages of evolution as it develops. This is a deep dive into the world of uncertainty and scientific thinking. Notes and links: My bio God Deliberately Engineered Life to Change, but How Much Change is Allowed? (Species were designed to change, part 1 on BiblicalGenetics.com) Species were

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30:03

Things I no longer believe

Biblical Genetics ·

2023/01/12

Dr Rob spills the beans about several things he no longer believes, including Darwinian evolution, the simplicity of bacteria, Linnean taxonomy, and the thought that the human embryo goes through the stages of evolution as it develops. This is a deep dive into the world of uncertainty and scientific thinking. Notes and links: My bio God Deliberately Engineered Life to Change, but How Much Change is Allowed? (Species were designed to change, part 1 on BiblicalGenetics.com) Species were

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17:14

Where are the skeletons of all the REALLY old people?...

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/12/08

There is scant evidence for very old people in the archaeological record, but the Bible claims people once lived for centuries. Is this a major contradiction? Not really. First, regarding the physical evidence, we would not necessarily know what to look for. Second, just because a person can get old does not mean they will. Potential lifespan is not the same as realized lifespan. Third, and this is the focus of this episode, population modeling shows that short-lived people that are the maximum

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17:14

Where are the skeletons of all the REALLY old people?...

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/12/08

There is scant evidence for very old people in the archaeological record, but the Bible claims people once lived for centuries. Is this a major contradiction? Not really. First, regarding the physical evidence, we would not necessarily know what to look for. Second, just because a person can get old does not mean they will. Potential lifespan is not the same as realized lifespan. Third, and this is the focus of this episode, population modeling shows that short-lived people that are the maximum

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15:35

Genealogy vs Phylogeny: The War Continues

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/11/29

Mutations are known to occur at much higher rates than can be accounted for in evolutionary theory. Given measurable rates, Y Chromosome Adam and Mitochondrial Eve would have lived only a few thousand years ago. To answer this, evolutionists generally appeal to natural selection or genetic drift. Yet, selection can only remove 'selectable' mutations, and most mutations are necessarily selectively neutral. Also, drift fails to do anything at all in answering the dilemma. In the end, Adam and Eve are

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15:35

Genealogy vs Phylogeny: The War Continues

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/11/29

Mutations are known to occur at much higher rates than can be accounted for in evolutionary theory. Given measurable rates, Y Chromosome Adam and Mitochondrial Eve would have lived only a few thousand years ago. To answer this, evolutionists generally appeal to natural selection or genetic drift. Yet, selection can only remove 'selectable' mutations, and most mutations are necessarily selectively neutral. Also, drift fails to do anything at all in answering the dilemma. In the end, Adam and Eve are

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12:55

How the butterfly got its stripes

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/11/20

The genetics of the humble butterfly tells us a lot about the creation-evolution debate, the definition of 'species', the definition of 'junk DNA', and how complex the control systems for things like wing patterns are. The 'unit' of creation is not the species but the baramin (e.g., the 'created kind'), so within the creation model, species can merge, split, and morph to their hearts content. Links and notes: Main paper: Mazo-Vargas et al. 2022. Deep cis-regulatory homology of the butterfly wing

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12:55

How the butterfly got its stripes

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/11/20

The genetics of the humble butterfly tells us a lot about the creation-evolution debate, the definition of 'species', the definition of 'junk DNA', and how complex the control systems for things like wing patterns are. The 'unit' of creation is not the species but the baramin (e.g., the 'created kind'), so within the creation model, species can merge, split, and morph to their hearts content. Links and notes: Main paper: Mazo-Vargas et al. 2022. Deep cis-regulatory homology of the butterfly wing

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13:48

Why Egyptians are not ‘Black’

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/11/14

Egyptian culture is thousands of years old, yet they never maintained perfect isolation from the nations among whom they lived. They have been conquered and they themselves have conquered many times. Invading armies brought hordes of soldiers, who would have left behind children. Given that Egypt is on the African continent, and given that there Egypt was conquered at least once by the their southern neighbors (the Nubians) at least once, why doesn't the average Egyptian have the features of, say,

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13:48

Why Egyptians are not ‘Black’

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/11/14

Egyptian culture is thousands of years old, yet they never maintained perfect isolation from the nations among whom they lived. They have been conquered and they themselves have conquered many times. Invading armies brought hordes of soldiers, who would have left behind children. Given that Egypt is on the African continent, and given that there Egypt was conquered at least once by the their southern neighbors (the Nubians) at least once, why doesn't the average Egyptian have the features of, say,

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16:36

DNA of the Ancient Pharaohs

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/10/11

Dr Rob describes the horrible levels of inbreeding within the ancient Egyptian royal family and how this affected them over time. This includes the problems we see in the mummies of King Tut and his father Akhenaten, plus further up the family tree in the time of Hatshepsut (who may have been the princess who drew Moses out of the Nile) and much later in time during the Ptolemies (Cleopatra only had three great-grandparents!). Notes and links: Curse of the Pharaoh's DNA DNA degradation (note,

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16:36

DNA of the Ancient Pharaohs

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/10/11

Dr Rob describes the horrible levels of inbreeding within the ancient Egyptian royal family and how this affected them over time. This includes the problems we see in the mummies of King Tut and his father Akhenaten, plus further up the family tree in the time of Hatshepsut (who may have been the princess who drew Moses out of the Nile) and much later in time during the Ptolemies (Cleopatra only had three great-grandparents!). Notes and links: Curse of the Pharaoh's DNA DNA degradation (note,

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13:27

How did they build the pyramids so soon after Noah’s...

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/10/04

Dr Rob travels to Egypt to answer some difficult questions about the biblical timeline, population growth, the people of Egypt, and how, on earth, there were enough people to build the pyramids just a few centuries after Babel. Notes and links: Tour Egypt with CMI book Egyptian chronology and the Bible—framing the issues Time fears the pyramids? How they fit into the true biblical history Search Creation.com for articles on the LXX Modelling biblical human population growth

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13:27

How did they build the pyramids so soon after Noah’s...

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/10/04

Dr Rob travels to Egypt to answer some difficult questions about the biblical timeline, population growth, the people of Egypt, and how, on earth, there were enough people to build the pyramids just a few centuries after Babel. Notes and links: Tour Egypt with CMI book Egyptian chronology and the Bible—framing the issues Time fears the pyramids? How they fit into the true biblical history Search Creation.com for articles on the LXX Modelling biblical human population growth

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13:49

Fighting among the creationists?

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/09/14

Dr Rob talks about how divisions and disagreements are not only necessary but also productive for scientific progress. Thus, when you see two scientists disagreeing, this does not mean they hate each other or that they are necessarily refuting each other. He talks about the debates within creationism, including the location of the post-Flood boundary, the role of natural selection in the created order of things, the usefulness of molecular clocks, the dating of the Exodus, and the location and

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13:49

Fighting among the creationists?

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/09/14

Dr Rob talks about how divisions and disagreements are not only necessary but also productive for scientific progress. Thus, when you see two scientists disagreeing, this does not mean they hate each other or that they are necessarily refuting each other. He talks about the debates within creationism, including the location of the post-Flood boundary, the role of natural selection in the created order of things, the usefulness of molecular clocks, the dating of the Exodus, and the location and

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15:04

There is no Y Chromosome Clock

Biblical Genetics ·

2022/09/08

The 'molecular clock hypothesis' is critical for evolutionary theory. If it fails, many evolutionary speculations will fall as well. Yet, there is abundant evidence that mutations in the Y chromosome have happened at different rates among different people groups. If this is true, nobody an know how long ago 'Y Chromosome Adam' lived. Notes: My Review of Nathaniel Jeanson's Traced Ding et al. 2021. Mutation Rate Variability across Human Y-Chromosome Haplogroups. Mol Biol Evol

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