Collecemall
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With a side serving of we come from a single male and female pair.
Primary study:
http://www.pontecorboli.com/digital/he_archive_articles/he122018/1_Stockle_Thaler.pdf
News articles:
https://evolutionnews.org/2018/06/humans-and-animals-are-mostly-the-same-age/
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/did-a-mysterious-extinction-event-precede-adam-and-eve
My understanding is extremely low level. I think the fox claims are rather deceptive after I read the study. It clearly says that they can't tell if it's from a population size of 2 or thousands. Given that it's mDNA and the limitations from that I feel like this is just a headline grab and probably some creationist BS. But I don't understand the statistics of any of this. The claim that 9 out of 10 species are the same age (roughly) seems like the real headline here but I can't dispute it with my limited understanding. What do you guys think about this? Any merit at all? Is there an evolutionary explanation? Is this creationist crap? I figured some of you with more education and brains could dumb this down for me.
EDIT: This fox article is different from the video clip I initially saw. I mistakenly thought them the same. But this is close enough to demonstrate the type of stuff in the news.
Primary study:
http://www.pontecorboli.com/digital/he_archive_articles/he122018/1_Stockle_Thaler.pdf
News articles:
https://evolutionnews.org/2018/06/humans-and-animals-are-mostly-the-same-age/
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/did-a-mysterious-extinction-event-precede-adam-and-eve
My understanding is extremely low level. I think the fox claims are rather deceptive after I read the study. It clearly says that they can't tell if it's from a population size of 2 or thousands. Given that it's mDNA and the limitations from that I feel like this is just a headline grab and probably some creationist BS. But I don't understand the statistics of any of this. The claim that 9 out of 10 species are the same age (roughly) seems like the real headline here but I can't dispute it with my limited understanding. What do you guys think about this? Any merit at all? Is there an evolutionary explanation? Is this creationist crap? I figured some of you with more education and brains could dumb this down for me.
EDIT: This fox article is different from the video clip I initially saw. I mistakenly thought them the same. But this is close enough to demonstrate the type of stuff in the news.