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Mechanisms of Genetic Engineering
Modern science already provides analogies for how such editing could occur:
Regulatory Switches (FOXP2, HAR1): Small edits in non-coding regions
can rewire entire networks. FOXP2’s regulatory sweep reshaped speech
circuits; HAR1 altered cortical folding. These look like targeted rewiring,
not drift.
Gene Duplications (SRGAP2C, AMY1, ASPM): Duplications create new
“hardware.
” SRGAP2C slowed cortical maturation, extending learning
windows. APH interprets these as deliberate amplifications.
Retrotransposon Insertions: Mobile genetic elements act like copy-paste
edits. Endogenous retroviruses (ERVs) altered immune and neural
regulation. APH frames these as engineered viral tools for installing new
instructions.
Epigenetic Locks: Many of the 15 loci show regulatory changes, not coding
shifts — like flipping switches on pre-installed circuits.
In laboratory science, CRISPR-Cas9 demonstrates how precise edits can
activate or silence genes. APH proposes that in Adam, similar but divine
mechanisms were used: guided insertions, duplications, and switches that
ignited dormant potential.