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Are Humans Still Evolving? -- Leading Biochemist Says Recent Study of
the Evolution of Human Genes is Not Evidence for Human Evolution

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NEWS ADVISORY, Mar. 9 /Christian Wire Service/-- Geneticists from the
University of Chicago detected hundreds of regions in the human genome
that have been influenced by natural selection over the last 15,000
years. These regions contain genes for taste, smell, digestion,
skeletal structure and skin color. But is this recent study of the
evolution of human genes evidence for human evolution?

"Recent headlines announcing that humans are still evolving should
not be misinterpreted as evidence that we are on a continuous
evolutionary journey and are gradually developing into a new
species," says renowned biochemist Fazale 'Fuz' Rana, PhD.

"Nor does it support the naturalistic theory that modern humans
emerged from ape-like ancestors over the course of the last 6 million
years."

Dr. Rana and a host of other scientists agree that the recent data
merely indicate that humans have adapted to new environments and
dietary changes as they migrated around the world over the last 40,000
years.

"This new research simply shows," continues Rana, "that humans
adopted a sedentary, agricultural-based lifestyle beginning about
12,000 years ago. It is not a basis for argument that naturalist
theory of biological evolution can now be presented as a proven
fact."


Dr. Fazale 'Fuz' Rana is the author of the Amazon.com bestseller,
Who Was Adam: A Creation Model Approach to the Origin of Man, a
scientific and biblical examination of human origins.

In Who Was Adam, Dr. Rana details a number of recent scientific
discoveries that challenge the notion of human evolution.

"Genetic studies indicate that Neanderthals and Homo erectus, long
regarded as key transitional intermediates, cannot be part of the human
evolutionary pathway," says Rana.

"In fact, new DNA findings strongly support emerging scientific
evidence that modern humans appeared on Earth only thousands of years
ago, not millions of years ago as espoused by traditional human
evolutionary models."

According to Dr. Rana, a recognized expert in origin of life research,
genetic diversity patterns of people groups around the world indicate
that modern humans exploded on the scene recently from a small
population in a single location at or near where theologians conclude
the Garden of Eden might have been.

"In light of the biblical account of human origins, it's
fascinating that modern science supports the fact that humanity traces
back, genetically speaking, to a single man and single woman."



ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Fazale 'Fuz' Rana, Ph.D.-Fazale 'Fuz' Rana completed his
undergraduate work in chemistry at West Virginia State College. He
then did his post-graduate studies at Ohio University where he earned a
Ph.D. in chemistry with an emphasis in biochemistry. After completing
postdoctoral fellowships at the universities of Virginia and Georgia,
he worked for seven years in product development research for Procter &
Gamble

Prior to joining the scholar team at Reasons To Believe in 1999, he
published more than 15 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals
and made more than 20 presentations at international scientific
meetings. Dr. Rana also coauthored a chapter on antimicrobial peptides
for Biological and Synthetic Membranes and he holds one patent.

Since joining Reasons To Believe he has chaired three conferences and
has written two books published by NavPress, Origins of Life: Biblical
and Evolutionary Models Face Off and Who Was Adam: A Creation Model
Approach to the Origin of Man. He has published numerous articles on
the apologetic significance of recent discoveries in the life sciences.
He appears each week on the live Web broadcast, Creation Update,
teaches classes at his church, and is a highly popular and frequent
guest on Christian and secular radio and television programs.

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