Personally, I lean toward an old Earth model with a relatively recent Eden (13k-100K years ago max).

I used to be a young earther when I was a young believer but now I'm an old earther, but in the end it really doesn't matter I think wether it's true or false because we weren't there when God "created" , and I'm thankful to RTB for your great minds, and the older I get the more assured I become of the fact that we're not here by accident so until I see you guys up there or in the air, I'll be praying for you all. God bless.

Hi, from Bangalore, India. I think Dr. Hugh Ross is an admirable christian, I came across his testimony 6/7 years ago, maybe, on KZfaq. I have been enjoying listening to him since. Merry Christmas to all the viewers and those working for Reasons to Believe organization.

RTB’s work has been very helpful to me. I don’t really land in the Old earth or Young earth camps, but I like science and appreciate reading and hearing both sides of people of faith discussing science.

Thank you so much for this teaching! I agree completely! These findings do not weaken my faith in God as creator of all we see and don't see, they actually increase my faith and awe in this almighty God! Rose, watching this in Arkansas!

Bob from Defiance, Ohio. Enjoy listening to this while on treadmill.

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Hello from Dublin Ireland. Love RTB. THANKS FOR ALL THE VIDEOS.

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Very helpful presentation. Watching from British Columbia.

Thank you so much for your incredible work! I am from Kyiv, Ukraine.

Thank you Fuz, listening from Gold Coast Queensland Australia.

Good discussion. Neil chiming in from Scotland

Very helpful discussion of the derivation of terms "humans" and "Homo-sapiens" from an evolutionary perspective vs the distinction of "homo-sapien sapiens" as the modern human ancestral beginnings.

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These broadcasts are essential to my salvation.that

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NW Indiana. Great stuff Dr. Rana. Thanks.

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Watching from down the street in La Verne, CA - great information

Christian programmer. Watching from Finland. I watch lots of rtb related videos. Especially enjoy long speeches.

With from Boise, ID. Very good points. Thanks. Appreciate all you/team are doing.

Great video! Abel listening from WV.

Listening from Columbus Ohio USA

Thanks for doing this! (In Nebraska)

Ron Breedlove. Thank you Dr. Rana. I'm am always interested in your scientific findings and explanations--they are encouraging. I've learned to "Fear Not" because my faith in Jesus is based on Truth, and in the end our knowledge of our Savior & creator will never be at odds with science if both are understood correctly--for He is the author & Creator of everything that exists in our temporal universe.

Keller explains it best. Genesis 1 is a poem and genesis 2 is the actual account. The point of genesis is not “how” but it is meant to point us to “Who”. Jesus points to a literal Adam, so I believe Jesus. Thank you so much Dr Rana for all your work. You’ve gotten me to a point where none of these discoveries EVER shake my faith, it only shows me how amazing the triune God has been at work for so many years!!

Hi Fuz :[] this is Brad from Charleston WV... Thanks for this video...

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Checking in, John from England.

I'm viewing from New York City, USA.

Why do you think Eden was in East Africa when the rivers are in the middle east? To do with the continental drift?

Wouldn't the Y chromosome be traced to Noah and the mitochondrial DNA be traceable to Eve? If so would we be able to figure out approximately how much time had passed from the creation of Adam and Eve to the flood?

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Love from St. Louis, Missouri. We go and see you guys when you come into town.

A recent discovery of an Egyptian mummy was dated to be 250,000 years old. It matches the RTB model in regards to location. Mummification and the burial of the dead is akin to human behavior. Was the dating done incorrectly? I want to know how it fits into the RTB model. Big fan!

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Great information, especially meaning of 'human' in differing world viewpoint or frames-of reference; and common theoretical 'parents' of Neanderthal and modern human from the evolutionary theory.

Retired biologist, Lawrence is. Saw this article and considered submitting it .

Watching from CA

Very helpful information. (Also from Oklahoma)

Great video. Las Vegas

I should have been an archaeologist. When I was a kid I love the idea. From Los Angeles.

London. I'm not surprised that from evolutionary perspective they call this fossil human. Assuming humans evolved from hominids, where would you draw the line and said here is where hominids end and where modern humans begin? Thanks for your helpful video.

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Way back then someone made it to the promised land...

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Thanks Fuz, I understood you just fine (for an informed laymen), Dates are very important to me, I do hold to the biblical point of view and it is my understanding that all humanity lived together in one location until the Tower of Babel event but I keep hearing of evidence for modern humans in the way of cave art, pottery and tools as far back as 35,000 years ago discovered in Spain etc. I can only push the Tower of Babel event back so far. How accurate are these dates of modern humans outside of the Tower event location? another question might be is , did ALL humans live together, were there no migrations before the Tower event (perhaps frontiersmen)?

Thank you for your analysis...watching from Spain

Thank you for your work. Sid vogel

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Sunnyvale California. Very interesting topic. Praise God! I think that in the next life our minds may be opened to all of the realities that we only partially understand now--that would be exciting!

Is Lucy modern human? The fossil that is many million years old

I want to compliment you and your studies pertaining to Gods' Word and showing how science and scripture do support each other. I have been conducting research and studies similar to yours' for a long time. It is amazing how close my findings are with yours. The main difference is that I believe Adam was created 6,000 years ago and the Hominids God created were a prototype of Adam. It should also be noted that studies show Neanderthal became extinct about 40,000 years ago probably from the supervolcano the erupted at about that time. It has also been found that 12,900 years ago a series of comets struck the earth with many exploding in the atmosphere killing many large mammals. One of the impacts, dating to that time, was found on the west coast of Greenland. These events caused the extinction of many large mammals which could have included the so-called Homosapiens, many of which dwelt on the American Continents such as the Clovis people. It appears that at the creation of Adam all hominids had been eradicated from the planet. That would have left the planet open for the pure line of Adam and his descendants. From a study of science, Earths’ historical past, and scriptures, I am strongly convinced that God created all life, starting with the single-celled algae called Cyanobacteria. They took in toxic gasses, from early asteroid bombardments in the creation of our planet, then produced a waste gas called oxygen which eventually oxygenated our planet for future life. God then progressively created more complex life forms as needed with each contributing to the creation of Earths' surface for men’s use today. The last animal forms to be created before modern man was the Hominids such as Neanderthal and Homosapien. I believe these Hominids were a prototype of Gods’ final creation, us. We are not descendants of these hominids, but descendants of Gods’ final creation Adam. I believe that every created life form reproduced after its’ own kind just as God said and DNA insures. Maybe we should call our species Homoadamos. The main difference between Adam and any of the hominids was that Adam had a connection with God and was able to understand and communicate with God as his Creator and Lord. Aside from that, all other functions and abilities were the same as God's last creation, the Hominids. I would appreciate your opinion on this.

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Do you believe that when scientists make claims of how old something is i.e 200,000 years, this is accurate?

I didn't catch it if it was mentioned, What method was used for getting to that 200,000 year date?

Hello Dr. Rana! I You mentioned that those evidence is being interpreted basing on the worldview once has. But my question is, which interpretation is highly probable. given the evidence seems to suggest that those hominins seem to display also characteristics of human beings like burial, artwork in caves, etc. and even at one point seem to have interbred with us, yet the Scriptures say that animals have to produce only "after their own kind"?

I personally do not hold the Young Earth Creationism. God is timeless and space less. Besides, many evidences point out the Earth is at least a billion years old. The Creation account is of course true but not literal.

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San Antonio, TX We all need to use our intelligence when reading the Bible. The Bible uses a lot of poetic and figurative language. Understand it for what was intended. That requires atwo-book approach.

How do scientist come up with the AGE of these remains?

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Imagination has created every thing before science or time even reported it. a lot of doubt creates with out even realize they do.

Not sure if you still check these comments, but is there a resource you can point me to that explains why the young earth concept that neanderthals, etc are simply humans misidentified as different species isn't scientifically accurate?

I really wish RtB would just embrace Neanderthals, and Denisovans as humans. The idea that God created mere beasts that were so similar to humans (anatomically, biologically, and culturally), to the point of being able to breed with us, is just absurd.

Watching from Seattle.

This video states that the various references in the Misliya-1 study, to "Modern Human" are really referring to H. sapiens, and not to H. sapiens sapiens - anatomically modern humans (AMH). It is further stated that what the research data is really indicating is that the fossil represents a "Near Modern Human." The proper classification is important both to science and Christian theology, so I emailed Prof. Israel Hershkovitz, co-author of the study, and asked where the numerous references to "Modern Human" in the study related to Near Modern Humans, H. sapiens, or H. sapiens sapiens (AMH), and whether the data supports the relevant classification. He replied confirming that the use of the term "Modern Human" in the research paper refers to H. sapiens sapiens (AMH), and that the fossil data supports that classification. I encourage RTB to do what I did, and contact the Professor or his colleagues directly, to clarify any details that might challenge the RTB Human Origins Model.

From Northwest GA on Pine Ridge Extension wondering if the sparse remains are actually modern humans, is there a second opinion?

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Our problem is that the biblical genealogies trace back to Adam 6,000 years ago. We have to solve that....

It could be that Genesis 1 Mankind and Genesis 2 Adam and Eve are two different creation events. Certain evidences: The two read like different events with different purposes. Mankind seems to have been created on the sixth day. Adam and Eve at the end of the sixth/beginning of the seventh. Cain had no sister to marry, and who were the people he was afraid might kill him?? And who was going to occupy the city he would build?? Cain plus his wife and son?? And who was going to help him build it?? Cain plus his wife and son?? Lamech tells his wives that if Cain would be avenged seven times then he would be avenged seventy seven times. This could be because Lamech's wives came from the same people that Cain was afraid might kill him Lamech would have wanted his wives to relay the message to their people. The sons of God that marred the daughters of men could be what Cain and other men from Adam did. Marrying women from the people outside the garden, just as Cain and Lamech. Lastly. I don't think that God would be the author of the largest action of incest in recorded history. They would have had to marry sisters, brothers, mothers, fathers, nieces, nephews, cousins, etc.

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