Recent genetic discoveries coupled with Scriptures lead us to an intriguing possibility: Adam had red hair and a ruddy, or rosy, complexion. This notion is based on the following three pieces of evidence:
(1) The name Adam means “red.”
(2) Adam’s complexion was tuned for the early atmosphere.
(3) Neanderthal had a ruddy/rosy complexion.
(1) The name “Adam” means “red.” Look it up in any dictionary in any language and it means “red.” It comes from the Hebrew word “adam” which means “red” (Strong’s ref H119, H120). So, why would God call the first human “red?” I have known several people in my life who were called “red,” and they all had red hair and rosy complexions. We also know that the Bible proclaims that the life of the flesh is in the blood (Leviticus 17:11). Adam was formed out of the dust of the ground (also from the Hebrew H119 meaning redness), received the breath of life, and became a living soul (Genesis 2:7). The blood is arguably the centerpiece of creation: it gives us life and is the source of redemption (Hebrews 9:12). If Adam was, in fact, rosy, his complexion would display this centerpiece of the creation – the blood.
(2) Adam’s complexion was tuned for the early atmosphere. The early atmosphere was different from what we have now. The fossil evidence shows us that there were giant dragonflies, mammoth millipedes, and huge cockroaches, just to name a few. These insects could not survive in our present atmosphere and would have required 30 to 50 percent more oxygen than we have presently.(Ref 1) This early atmosphere would affect vitamin D production in humans. It is known that rosy complexioned people are very efficient at producing vitamin D from sunlight. It follows that the complexion of those who occupied the Earth before the flood was various shades of “rosy” in order to optimize vitamin D production. Then, the darker shades of skin pigment were activated after the flood to accommodate the new ecosystem. Had the darker skin pigments been activated before the flood, there could have been problems with inadequate production of vitamin D which typically result in rickets, bone deformities, cardiovascular disease, cognitive impairment, asthma, cancer, and/or physiological problems. These ailments would not be consistent with the Creators proclamation that the entire creation was “very good” (Genesis 1:31) in the beginning.
(Technical note: Increased oxygen, by itself, would not significantly reduce the amount of ultraviolet radiation on the surface of the Earth, but ozone which does filter ultraviolet radiation is a product of oxygen. The assumption being that a higher percentage of oxygen in the atmosphere would result in a more protective ozone layer.)
In the beginning, God gave the command, “Be fruitful, multiply, and fill the earth.” We can be confident that He also gave man the genetics to provide the optimum skin and hair color to fulfill this charge. Then, after the flood, when Noah disembarked from the Ark, God again gave the decree to “fill the earth.” Again, with this decree, we can be assured that the Creator activated the proper DNA, optimizing skin pigment variation. If one looks at the present distribution of skin pigmentation on the globe, it is obvious the darker skin colors inhabit the equatorial regions and the lighter skin colors occupy the more northern and southern latitudes.
(3) Neanderthal had a ruddy/rosy complexion.
We at Genesis and Genetics have concluded that Neanderthal is, in fact, antediluvian man (i.e. pre-flood man) (Ref 2). If we are correct, Neanderthal is the key to understanding Adam and our roots. Two Neanderthals have been sequenced for the Mc1R gene (this gene is known to determine rate and type of pigment production thereby determining hair color and skin color). The two Neanderthals had the Val92Met (Ref 3) and Arg307Gly (Ref 4) variations of this gene, both of which are known to produce red hair and rosy complexions. It is important to point out that one Neanderthal fossil was found in Italy and the other found in Spain, leading us to suppose they were not closely related. It is not known whether these variations in Neanderthals are dominant or recessive; it is also not known if the Neanderthals had one or two copies of these variations. Therefore, we must wait to know how much variation in hair color and complexion the Neanderthals had. Today, approximately one percent of the world population has red hair. So, if Neanderthals had the same mix, the probability of testing one Neanderthal and finding it had red hair would be 1 in 100. The probability of finding two unrelated ruddy Neanderthals would be 1 in 10,000. Therefore, it is reasonable to consider that a greater percentage of Neanderthals had red hair and rosy complexions than modern humans and they inherited them from Adam.
Neanderthals have been of keen interest among anthropologists for many years. There are many Neanderthal fossils and DNA sequences which have inspired scientists to make replicas based on the best evidence. These replicas of Neanderthal generally have red hair and rosy complexions.
Summary
Adam’s hair color and skin complexion have been a great mystery, but we are getting closer to the answer. Based on the Biblical meaning of the name “Adam”, the knowledge of the early atmosphere characteristics, and the consideration that Neanderthal is Adam’s close offspring, we at Genesis and Genetics are persuaded that Adam had red hair and a rosy complexion.
References:
(1) http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2011/08/110808-ancient-insects-bugs-giants-oxygen-animals-science/
(2) https://www.genesisandgenetics.org/2013/11/08/177/
(3) Qiliang Ding, Ya Hu, Shuhua Xu, Chuan-Chao Wang, Hui Li, Ruyue Zhang, Shi Yan, Jiucun Wang, Li Jin; Neanderthal Origin of the Haplotypes Carrying the Functional Variant Val92Met in theMC1R in Modern Humans. Mol Biol Evol 2014; 31 (8): 1994-2003. doi: 10.1093/molbev/msu180
(4) A Melanocortin 1 Receptor Allele Suggests Varying, Science 318, 1453 (2007);Carles Lalueza-Fox, et al., Pigmentation Among Neanderthals DOI: 10.1126/science.1147417
Suggested additional reading:
Where does Neanderthal fit in the Bible?
Neanderthal and his Biblical Identity? – Genesis and Genetics
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Thanks for you are doing at Genesis and genetics.
How would explain the more than 34 skin colours. Will you say it environmental factors.
How then will you explain the fact the two different people live in the same environment have different skin colours even after several years living in that environment.
Thanks once again.
Thank you for your questions and interest in the things of God. I believe that before the flood there was much variation in complexion and hair color; however, the variation was in tune with the atmosphere and diet. Diet can also provide vitamin D as is demonstrated by the Eskimos who live in total darkness for a good portion of the year. After the flood, the DNA expressed complexions that were again diverse, but in tune with the post-flood atmosphere and diet. I personally believe that there was a DNA reset after the flood to optimize the physiology for the new world. Then after Babel, the darker complexioned people migrated to the areas where they felt the most comfortable. We, at Genesis and Genetics, don’t believe in evolutionary adaptation; we believe that any mechanisms for adaptation are built in to our DNA. Also, let me say that all complexions and hair colors are beautifully and wonderfully made. So, in summary, we feel that complexion distribution in the world is not environmentally driven; it is driven by the personal desire of the individuals in the early stages of human migration from Mesopotamia (Babel etc.).
Concerning your second question: any person can live anywhere in the world no matter their complexion; they retain their complexion due to genetics (DNA) and/or epigenetics (expression mechanisms). They may not like the climate, but they can have a happy and long life there.
Hope this helps
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I was not there where and when Adam lived. But it is a stretch to say that Adam’s complexion was anywhere close to what your depiction of him hints at.
If Neanderthal was pre flood man then why don’t sub Saharan Africans have Neanderthal dna?
Please read: https://www.genesisandgenetics.org/2018/04/17/how-much-neanderthal-dna-do-you-have/
Genetics are like statistics; one can use them selectively to prove their point. That is why evolutionists publish that the Neanderthals are closely related to Europeans and not Africans. The evolutionists say two things: (1) Neanderthal is the base of the human family tree and they come from Africa and (2) Europeans share DNA with Neanderthals and Africans don’t. Do you see the conflict there? Please consider studying the raw DNA and make your own conclusion.
Hi. I’ve actually read the original DNA studies on Neanderthals. (4 in total) Bottom line, 1) We are not as close as you (or so many articles), suggest to Neanderthals based on these studies. In fact, researchers were shocked when the DNA did not map to Cro-Magnon. Contrary to all these articles out there, Cro-Magnon had virtually no Neanderthal DNA. The numbers are so insignificant the original studies concluded almost no relationship. So many scientist (and journals), balked, they did repeated studies with the same results. Despite this, articles began cropping up saying everything from 3% to 30%!!! Based on the actual studies, scientist have continually pushed out the bridge between modern humans and Neanderthals because of the lack of genetic overlay and yet these articles to humanize Neanderthal persist. Most recently, I read they now are saying the branch split 500,000 to 750,000 years ago. Prior the number was around 350,000 years. Why? because the hard genetic evidence shows no relationship. 2) Cro-M was a special creation about 75K to 125K years ago who did advanced art, religion and music. If you use 40 years for a generation, “Mother Eve” (a Cro-Magnon), lived in North Africa around 75,000 years ago and was related to every human on earth. 3) Scientist have blind faith that Neanderthals and Cro-Magnon’s are related so they make up all this nonsense about Neanderthals being modern. (The latest article I’ve read suggest Denisovan’s created a sophisticated bracelet that is clearly Cro-Magnon). It’s all nonsense. The best research shows the Neanderthals’ probably could only grunt and if it was verbal speech it would be almost be unintelligible or baby talk at best. (the size of the brain is not an indicator of intelligence…see pre-WWII Japanese brain sizes contrasted with today). I appreciate the articles and research but you are giving too much credit to these “publish or perish” archaeologists who continually fabricate and often blatantly lie about their conclusions. I believe Adam and Eve were multi-dimensional creations who were tasked with changing the 3-dimensional world where Eden was placed. (until the fall into the same 3-d world). How do I know this? Jesus’ resurrected multi-dimensional body (Luke 24) and Paul and Peter telling us we will have the same body (return to the garden). It seems to me as a bio guy, if your conclusions that Adam and Eve were perfect genetic creations, (which I agree with), there is not enough time from Adam forward to have that many hybrid variations to create a Neanderthal. (see above) If I’m wrong you can explain it to me on the way up but Neanderthal’s were not related to Adam. God bless. Great Website!
Thank you!!!
Hi can you do a research on the skin pigmentation of early people, the hottentots.
Arasel,
Another name for Hottentots is Khoikhoi, a beautiful people in sub-Sahara African. They have melanin, pigment that produces dark skin. However, we are creationist and do not believe that the Khoikhoi people are ancient; we believe that all mankind came from Adam 6000 years ago. We also believe that at the time of the flood, the Creator required the human genome to express the various pigments. Looking at world population studies, it is obvious that the darker pigments are close to the equator and the lighter pigments are in the northern and southern latitudes. Therefore our human migration model predicts that after Babel, the darker pigmented people migrated toward the equator and the lighter pigments to the northern and southern latitudes. Babel is at 32 degrees latitude, midway between the equator and livable north. As we said in our blog skin color is an important variable in the processing of vitamin D.
Thank you for your very good question. Hopefully this will help.
Admin
Men are from Mars Women from Venus plz explain.
According to the Bible, men are from earth and women are also from earth. Adam formed from dust and Eve formed from Adam’s rib.
Please Read:
Gen 2:7 then the LORD God formed the man of dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living creature.
Gen 2:8 And the LORD God planted a garden in Eden, in the east, and there he put the man whom he had formed.
Gen 2:9 And out of the ground the LORD God made to spring up every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food. The tree of life was in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.
Gen 2:10 A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.
Gen 2:11 The name of the first is the Pishon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Havilah, where there is gold.
Gen 2:12 And the gold of that land is good; bdellium and onyx stone are there.
Gen 2:13 The name of the second river is the Gihon. It is the one that flowed around the whole land of Cush.
Gen 2:14 And the name of the third river is the Tigris, which flows east of Assyria. And the fourth river is the Euphrates.
Gen 2:15 The LORD God took the man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and keep it.
Gen 2:16 And the LORD God commanded the man, saying, “You may surely eat of every tree of the garden,
Gen 2:17 but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die.”
Gen 2:18 Then the LORD God said, “It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him a helper fit for him.”
Gen 2:19 Now out of the ground the LORD God had formed every beast of the field and every bird of the heavens and brought them to the man to see what he would call them. And whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.
Gen 2:20 The man gave names to all livestock and to the birds of the heavens and to every beast of the field. But for Adam there was not found a helper fit for him.
Gen 2:21 So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh.
Gen 2:22 And the rib that the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man.
Gen 2:23 Then the man said, “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman, because she was taken out of Man.”
Gen 2:24 Therefore a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh.
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You are crazy if you think I will ever believe that Adam was a white man. Ruddy is a rich reddish- brown colour that was derived from the rich, brown Earth that God created. The beginning of mankind came from Africa. Don’t lie to these readers and try to make them think that Adam was white because he was not! Before sin are bodies already possessed all the necessary vitamins it needed–placed within us by the almighty already! After sin, everything got out of wack and our bodies needed to then rely on other nature- based elements to produce or maintain the needed vitamins. So, keep believing what you will. Mankind did NOT start out as white-skinned people. Sorry to break the news to you. God intended for people to have some kind or degree of melanin in their skin. After sin, as I stated before, things (i.e., nature, us, the world) got out of whack. Mankind started degenerating, dying, having skin problems, skin sensitivity to sun, some people not having enough melanin to natually protect against the brutal solar rays/heat, and with other people, the melanin in their skin prevented or slowed the process of vitamins (vitamin D, for example) from being produced by the Sun. Before sin, everybody of every race already had the vitamins in them. Oh — and one more thing, God loves variety. So I want to reiterate that white people were not the only people on Earth during the pre-flood era or anteduluvian time. And the white race that did exist were not as white skinned as those of today. They were not as ivory or pale-coloured
Ham was cursed to be the slave of the nations. Ham’s lineage is the black people.
anon,
Ham was not cursed, it was Caanan that received the curse. Please re-read your Bible carefully.
Admin
Actually, the descendants of the Canaanites are present day Lebanese people. So they are middle eastern (or technically Caucasoid). The prophecy on Ham applied to all four children of Ham, although Canaan is mentioned specifically. Some say the phrase “servant of servants” is best translated from Hebrew as a “ steward of steward” or manager of resources. I think my response answers the posters question the best!
The Canaanites were destroyed by the Romans after the completion of the Punic Wars. The Carthaginians were the last population of the Canaanites.
Joel,
According to the Bible, the Canaanites became slaves to the Israelites and married and given in marriage to the Israelites. Therefore they were captured with the Israelites and went to Assyria and Babylon. We don’t know who they are because Canaan had two sons, but no male grandchildren. Therefore we cannot track them through the Y chromosome.
James
Now that is an uneducated statement. Read a kjv bible and you will learn that Ham had four sons. Cush, Phut,Mitzraim and Caanan. Only Caanan was cursed to be a servant of servants. Hear and understand my fellow human.
You’re slow. The original man was Melanated with curled, course hair. The Hebrew Israelites are a cursed people for not following THE MOST HIGH laws and commandments which were only given to them. Deuteronomy 28:15-28:68 , & Leviticus 26 explains this along with the rest of the Old Testament. The Israelites are known as being an reproach and a cursed people –Psalms 119:21, Jeremiah 24:9, Jeremiads 44:8,Ezekiel 22:4,…The Israelites look like the Hamites. The Israelites were often mistaken for Egyptians as Joseph was mistaken for an Egyptian by his own brothers–Genesis 42:8, Chpt. 42, and Moses was also mistaken for an Egyptian- Exodus 2:19. You don’t know anything about scripture, the Holy scriptures are so called Black history. They were all different nations of so called Black history. To be White in Skin Complexion was to have Leprosy as explained in Leviticus chpt 13, 2 Kings 5:27, & etc. Red heifer, ruddy, red wine, & red horses describes the Complexion of so call Black people, such as Adam, and King David. Jeremiah 16:19 you Gentiles are going to come from the ends of the Earth and learn you’ve inherited nothing but lies. The Bible says nothing about Ham being cursed but Ham son Canaan, and it said nothing about Complexion. The only Complexion that was a curse in the Scriptures was White skin as it was a sign of Leprosy. These so called Black ppl are the true Hebrew Israelites. Songs of Solomon 1:5 Black and Calmly, Visage Blacker than a coal–Lamentation 4:8, Job 30:30 , You would have to be able to acquire heavy Melanin to become this so called Black. Locks bushy Songs 5:11 only so called Blacks have true Bushy locks, hair that locks. Go sit down, study scriptures and shut the hell up liar.
What’s with the “ we black people are the superior race nonsense and loosing your temper? I think that spoke volumes for all to hear. Regardless of the color of your skin , God unlike some of us weak minded fools, judges the heart? What color is that?
Hope we can all one day put the ego behind and simply enjoy Gods loves together, instead of always with the “ we the black true Isrealite nonsense” . But I’m white with red hair blue eyes and left handed so I must be racist, a bigot, a child of the devil with no love capable because I have no soul. lol
Settle down before the Good Lord settles you down the hard way and get over yourself. Much love, what color is it by the way, or truth for example. Quit wasting your time puffing out your chests, that’s a color God hates and promises to humble.
And Tori, since you are of course the real black lsrealites, that we all of course should kneel too, you must of course believe in prophets.
Here’s a prophetic message for you.
Swallow your pride, before God sends a whale to swallow you. This is a time of repentence , saclothe and ashes for you lest he put out your lamp stand . Consider yourself warned. Run my minority numbers while you’re at it. You choose, grace or wrath. It’s your toungue, learn to quiet it lest he cut it out.
what color was King David now im quite dark and i believe red implies red hair and pale skin ,King David had a ruddy complexion . No one is arguing that black is better than white etc etc.Facts are facts .The queen of sheba was black and comely if i am not mistaken but if u think ruddy is african u are sadly mistaken bc i am dark
Dark as compared to what or whom?
If you truly believe that “Black is better” then you have obviously missed the whole point in the Bible.
Mankind did not originate in Africa unless if you hold to the erroneous conclusions of evolutionary secularists. Adam of Genesis had a ruddy complexion with blood in the face. No where on planet earth do you see a black person, brown person, yellow person, or mulatto person with such a physical trait.
Whether by a combination of supernatural and biological genetic factors, the distinct races of mankind did not develop until after the Tower of Babel. Where people scattered to different geographical areas and adapted to those climatic conditions (in other words, “bound to their habitation”).
White people are not a result of a black Adam and black Eve having albino children and then by natural processes, due to climate, having almost all melanin in their genes eventually breaded out.
The hebrew definition for ruddy when referring to a human
1. RUDDY- to shiw blood through the face or skin, ie to blush… This is the biblical term used.
When referring to an animal or an objects color RUDDY- a reddish brown
The hebrew definition for ruddy when referring to a human
1. RUDDY- to shiw blood through the face or skin, ie to blush… This is the biblical term used.
When referring to an animal or an objects color RUDDY- a reddish brown
An Abridged History Africa and Her People by Ruthie Johnson
“Shem was the progenitor of the coppered color races… ” When the third son was presented to Noah he exclaimed Ham i.e. Black for the signification of the Hebrew term meaning heat hence Black meaning and from Ham descended all the dark complexed races”.
American Antiquities and Discoveries of the West by Joshua Priest
” Shem was undoubtedly a red or copper colored Man, which was the complexion of all Antediluvians”……
People like to over-I retorts the Bible. Yet as time goes on, we’re finding it says what it meant, and it’s factually correct. Ruddy means brownish red. “The color of animal fur” is not pink. It CAN be a reddish brown. STICK TO THE WORD. You won’t go wrong
Adam was pure one colour black, why do whites always want to cheat on people with those fake images.
In the garden of Eden ther soil that was their was pure black not clay grey or whatever tell the world the truth come on dont start putting images with long hear portraying to be Adam.You are miss leading the world
black is not pure ,ruddy means reddish pale skinned .No one is arguing .These are facts .Have u ever seen a ruddy african and i am dark ,nope i have not .
Just Google the colour Ruddy. You will see that your statement is only a half truth…
I agree with you my brother. Adam was a black man . 100 percent !!!!!!1
So if Adam and Eve were black, where did white people come from? White people were the product of a mutation that resulted in the black Adam and black Eve giving birth to a white albino. And these albinos intermarried which produced the ancestors of present day white people (i.e. Caucasians). Got it!
what color was King David now im quite dark and i believe red implies red hair and pale skin ,King David had a ruddy complexion . No one is arguing that black is better than white etc etc.Facts are facts .The queen of sheba was black and comely if i am not mistaken but if u think ruddy is african u are sadly mistaken bc i am dark
For one this is entirely inaccurate. The Neanderthals are actually from the white race out of the caucuses mountains, the barbarians and vikings, aka in the bible known as edomites, Esau, who were also rome. The people of the bible, Adam and Eve are of the negro race modernly called today as black people. Adam and eve were of a ruddy comparison being made from dirt just as Solomon. American blacks are not Africans meaning Egyptians, Ethiopians, etc but they are Hebrews meaning of Judah. The fake jews in Israel now are called the synagogue of satan and are not the real jews, they are jewish, ish meaning to be like. Or jewish, they wish they were the people of God.
http://www.blackhistoryinthebible.com/the-evidence/zondervan-bible-dictionary-negroes-are-not-from-the-line-of-ham/
http://www.blackhistoryinthebible.com/the-evidence/zondervan-bible-dictionary-negroes-are-not-from-the-line-of-ham/
https://youtu.be/8yz2FDflwlc
https://images.app.goo.gl/zr9Jiea56VyDPehG6
I heard/read quite a while back that Adam means red. Now how red, who knows for sure? If the oxygen levels in the atmosphere were way greater than they are now, there could have been a lot of redness in the skin due to highly oxygenated blood in the body. Melanin is brown. How high of a concentration of melanin did Adam and Eve have in their skin, who knows? I’m sure there was the correct amount based on the environment that God put them in. After sin, expulsion from the garden, and then the breaking of the earth in the flood, our bodies just don’t function the way they were originally intended. Nevertheless, we have been fearfully and wonderfully made and despite all of the corruption that has entered the creation, God is still in charge and the variations in our hair, skin, eyes, etc. are all a testament to how great He is.
On a side note, there are various natural clays that have a lot of health benefits. There is actually a red clay that is edible. It’s a powder and can be mixed in water. Chocked with minerals, it has many health benefits and can remove toxins from the body, improve digestion, etc. Did God use red clay when He made Adam, who knows? I’m thinking it may be a good possibility there was some in the mix. It can be found in regions around the world including Africa. I use it because I’m sort of a health nut and why not put back in some of the original building materials.
As Adam came forth from the hand of his Creator, he was of noble height, and of beautiful symmetry. He was more than twice as tall as men now living upon earth, and was well proportioned. His features were perfect and beautiful. His complexion was neither white, nor sallow, but ruddy, glowing with the rich tint of health. Eve was not quite as tall as Adam. Her head reached a little above his shoulders. She, too, was noble—perfect in symmetry, and very beautiful.— LDE 291.4
Adam was not “rosy red” you are butchering the text. He had to have been dark reddish brown. He and Eve both. How else would the be able to produce the dark races of Egypt.
In our model, there are no races. However, after the flood, there was a genetic reset to reset our genetics to accommodate the new ecosystem and the new covenant. The various skin colors were then introduce to allow those who had lighter and darker skins to optimize the amount of vitamin D intake.
This is our opinion, if you differ from it that is your right. We all have the freedom to reason, and some of us have the right to speak. We are not butchering the text, we are just interpret it differently than you are. Someday we will all know the truth. I am looking forward to that time, but until them I will continue to reason.
James
In our model, there are no races. However, after the flood, there was a genetic reset to reset our genetics to accommodate the new ecosystem and the new covenant. The various skin colors were then introduce to allow those who had lighter and darker skins to optimize the amount of vitamin D intake.
This is our opinion, if you differ from it that is your right. We all have the freedom to reason, and some of us have the right to speak. We are not butchering the text, we are just interpret it differently than you are. Someday we will all know the truth. I am looking forward to that time, but until them I will continue to reason.
James
Why do Creationist organizations like AiG and CMI state that there is only one race today in the 21st century and the only thing that separates people is the amount of melanin in their skin? Any person with any kind of sense knows that statement is completely absurd and patently false, as we all know that a Sub-Saharan Black African is not the same race as a Caucasian Swedish person, where more than just skin color accounts for their biological differences. This is a proven fact in medical science. If medical doctors completely overlooked race in diagnoses or in prescribing medicine, it would most likely lead to catastrophic results for patients leading to medical malpractice and loss of medical licenses for doctors swearing that there is just one race.
It does appear from a Biblical perspective that the races formed after the dispersion at the Tower of Babel when certain people groups developed unique features due to genetic drift, adaptation, natural selection, and most likely divine providence. Continuing with that thought, it also appears that Adam and Eve were both ruddy in complexion with red hair and shared the same racial characteristics with everyone else, in addition to speaking the same language up until the dispersion at the Tower of Babel. Whether Adam and Eve were Neanderthals is a good debate, however, most will say that with all the inbreeding happening in one geographical location before the flood, that there just had to be only one race of mankind before the flood and one language spoken (most likely Hebrew) before the flood and up to the dispersion at the Tower of Babel.
Thank you for your research into the area of Genesis and genetics as it relates to the Bible and Special Creation!
I found all comments interesting, But food for thought? Have you ever looked into the spirituel realm from the beginning of Adam & Eve before the fall of man from the super natural being in the garden of Eden. The ATMOSPHERE was not like it was on the outside of the gate where the thorns & thisles were in the ground OF THE EARTH. that Produces sinful nature of pride in all flesh, for dust the bodies were created and dust it shall return. It’s the condition of color that’s in the heart that matters. Is the Spirit man awake? Where the color of ones flesh does not matter, but rather the soul of man. THAT IS BEING REFINED INTO PURE GOLD! Is it possible that Adam & Eve’s bodies were created then in the best of the soil from the garden that could have been gold? that it speaks of in Heaven where we shall walk on paved streets of gold. Look! open your spirituel eyes. human is the flesh. And Being is of the SPIRITMAN. HUMAN-BEING is ONE RACE with many tones. So if you walk by the flesh YOUR probley right…that say the color of the beginning of flesh outside of the garden of Eden was black soil where they had stepped into a new element of Atmosphere because of the sin of disobedience which leads to darkness . then there eyes was open to the evil nature that God never wanted HUMANS to experience because of His Love towards man. Please don’t take me racist for i have five differant nations in my flesh and i love all Nations of Red, yellow, black, ect… But be honest all FLESH TONES can be prideful!. CHOOSE to walk in the Spirit of the LORD JESUS CHRIST! Where we don’t fulfill the desires of the flesh… Allow God to refine our hearts. Amen! Also i like the thought of RED from out of the garden that could explain why the blood is the life of the body and Jesus blood has to be for our Spirits to be set free! but personally I think they lost their color of gold upon their skin when they stepped out of the garden and started fading into the darkness…thinking the Hebrew people were a faded gold when put out of the garden. and some became black depending on where God had placed them in history. And yes i think the Egyptians were black to begin with then turned a brown tone as they moved forward in time…