Faith Versus Science: Were Adam and Eve Fact or Fantasy ?
The Bible states that the first human was fashioned from clay and put in the Garden of Eden, by the Hebrew deity Yahweh. Later one of his ribs was taken and used to create the first woman. As a result all humans alive today, as well as all those that have ever walked this earth, are descendants of this initial couple. But is this account true and accurate? How can it be proven or possibly challenged? This article presents some of the testable and verifiable evidence addressing this question. Every tribe, creed , ethnic group, or religion in the world today has a story regarding the origin of humans, and who the first humans were and what led to their rise on the earth. Interestingly in the case of religion, these initial humans, their spouses, or offspring always tend to become the originators of that religion. For example Judaism claims Adam to be the direct descendant of the chosen people, they the Jews. Christianity claims its founder, Jesus of Nazareth to be a direct descendant of
