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The NAS's Human Evolution Error

whether or not "moderns" and
"Neandertals" were different species. 23
Karl J. Niklas of Cornell University
refers to the use of the concept
of the molecular

clock to establish
relationships be-
tween species as
"…A research area that is
at present characterized by too
much speculation chasing too few
data." 24
An article published in
Science in 1998 said that the molecular

clock could be in error by as much as twenty-fold.
Neil Howard of the University of Texas Medical Branch says,
We've been treating this like a stop-watch, and I'm concerned that
it's as precise as a sun dial. 25

3. Problems regarding the use of mtDNA in the establishment

of evolutionary relationships

Even evolutionists debate amongst themselves whether the use
of mtDNA to determine evolutionary relationships is an accurate
method. The Stanford University geneticist Luca Cavalli-Sforza and
his associates write:
[T]he mitochondrial genome represents only a small fraction of an
individual's genetic material and may not be representative of the
whole. 26

After testing the assumptions underlying the use of mtDNA to

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