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Critique: Both miss the deeper point. Sparks exist, but sparks without
permanence for 200,000 years are mathematically implausible as random
failures. A step occurred, but it cannot be explained without understanding why
multiple genetic, archaeological, and anthropological signals aligned at once.
APH integrates both: sparks = readiness, step = infusion.
APH Synthesis: The Threshold Defined
APH transcends the slope vs. step debate by resolving what others ignore:
Gradualists are right: sparks existed. Qafzeh beads, Pinnacle Point ochre,
Diepkloof engravings prove readiness.
Revolutionists are right: permanence ignited suddenly after ~70 ka. Myths,
rituals, burials, and art stabilize into durable traditions.
But both are incomplete: sparks alone cannot explain silence; rupture alone
cannot explain synchronicity.
Only APH explains both:
Logically: Sparks show preparation; infusion explains ignition.
Scientifically: Archaeology, genetics, and anthropology converge on ~70
ka.
Mathematically: The probability of convergence without infusion is
~10⁻⁴⁵ to 10⁻⁹⁰
— effectively zero.
Revelationally: The Qur
ʾān describes this threshold: “He taught Adam the
names — all of them” (Q 2:31); “He breathed into him of His Spirit” (Q 32:9); “We
offered the Trust … and man undertook it” (Q 33:72).
APH does not smooth away the paradox. It illuminates it.