Monday, October 02, 2006

The Genographic Project

So the hippies were right all along. We are all brothers and sisters. Dr. Spencer Wells has added strong proof to the hypothesis that all of humanity evolved from a group of African ancestors some 60,000 years ago. By mapping human DNA Wells has been able to map the human migration beginning in Africa to all other points in the world and sharpen the time-line theories of human occupation in those regions. It is a sad day for religious orders whose creation beliefs have been soundly quashed by fact. To me the most amazing part of this odyssey was Wells' discussions with the Navajo people. His theories on human migration are mirrored by the history of most 1st Nations tribes making their oral histories among the most accurate whereas the oral history of the 1st Australians sees themselves as the origin of human migration and not Africa where DNA and anthropologic evidence prove otherwise. So, being that we are all brothers and sisters and that our cultures and religions are obviously human-made, why all the bloodshed? Where in our evolution did it become cool to kill a brother? When did objectifying other people become part of life? With such a great history of surviving, why are we so bent on destruction? Come on Dr. Wells. Don't stop now. We really need to quicken the evolution of humanity before we waste it all.

https://www3.nationalgeographic.com/genographic/

2 comments:

Ms. Wilderness said...

Awesome

Troubles Braids said...

It is really awesome. Imagine the impact this kind of information could have on the world if we could begin teaching these kind of facts over the fictions we were raised with.