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HARUN YAHYA
he Discovery Channel recently broadcast a docu-
mentary called The Real Eve, in which imaginary
scenarios were put forward regarding the spread of
modern man, who allegedly emerged by means of
T evolution in Africa, to the rest of the world.
However, scientific discoveries show that the evolution of man
is nothing but a fantasy, and that the claims made on The Discovery
Channel are unfounded. This article reveals the scientific errors
made by the channel.
The program begins with the claim that all human races in exis-
tence today are descended from one single woman who lived in
Africa some 130,000 years ago, and that this woman was the first
representative of Homo sapiens, who allegedly emerged through a
process of evolution. Since these claims concerning this woman are
based on analyses of mitochondrial DNA, this mythical female is
known as "mitochondrial Eve."
It is suggested that these human beings, with their large brains,
left the continent, maybe to find new resources, and began spread-
ing to the rest of the world some 80,000 years ago. The likely mi-
gration routes of one small group of humans, shown wearing prim-
itive clothing, and the incidents that may have taken place during
their journey, are depicted. Such issues as climate changes, the rela-
tionship between Neanderthals and modern man, and a number of
fossil discoveries are also discussed. The Darwinist message is that
every person alive today is the product of evolution, and that the
traces of this so-called evolution are to be found in our genes.
Yet the genetic facts said to confirm these claims are not actually
objective scientific discoveries at all, but rather facts interpreted in
the light of evolutionist prejudices. In other words, such interpreta-
tions of genes have no realistic basis.
The clearest example of this is the concept of "mitochondrial
DNA" (mtDNA), used as the springboard for the evolutionist
claims in the program. Mitochondrial DNA analyses always take
pride of place in the claims put forward on the program. The alle-
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