And while “race” is often a dirty word in science, science shows how racial differences can be marked genetically and why this is important, not least for the treatment of diseases.
DNA analysis reveals human prehistory, the events that happened before the invention of writing. DNA analysis reveals the true evolution of humans; our relation to the Neanderthals who populated Europe and the Near East; and Homo Erectus, who roamed the steppes of Asia. Most importantly, geneticists can trace the movements of a little band of human ancestors, numbering perhaps no more than 150, who crossed the Red Sea from east Africa about 50,000 years ago.
The bible as revealed by the famous Dead Sea Scrolls, which contain most of the books of the Hebrew Bible, date to 408 BC to 300 A.D. So the oldest Biblical text is about 2700 years old.
Homo sapiens arose in northeast Africa 59,000 years ago, with a tiny population of only a few thousand, and was homogenous in appearance and language.
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