{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Becoming Bani Adam: Exploring Twelver-Shii Discussions on Human Ancestry - Mizan Institute","title":"8. Are we all descendants of Adam?   ","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/dcb5ee0d\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1261,"description":"This episode discusses the scriptural evidence for the idea that Adam (a) is the forefather of all of humanity today. The answer to this question from a scriptural perspective is multi-fold. The ahadith are pretty clear that he is, however the Qur’an does not include much in a literal way, except for in the first verse of Surat an-Nisa. Various Twelver-Shii scholars opine that the literal meaning of this verse, or its dhuhur, indicates that all of humanity today are the offspring solely of Adam and Eve with no third-parties. However, in the event that there is definitive evidence otherwise, this dhuhur is not binding to a literal understanding of the verse. This is possibly the most crucial question in the series and this episode will break it down in detail.  \r\nReferences \r\nQur’anic References: Q.4:1\t \r\nSmithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, “Genetics,” The Smithsonian Institution’s Human Origins Program, March 2010, http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics. \r\n“Behind the Science” The Genographic Project: National Geographic, accessed February 20, 2015,  https://genographic.nationalgeographic.com/science-behind/  \r\nDennis R Venema, Adam and the Genome: Reading Scripture after Genetic Science (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2017). \r\nDennis Venema, “Adam, Eve, and Human Population Genetics Part 4: Signature in the SNPs” The Biologos Forum: Science and Faith in Dialogue, modified January 16th, 2015, http://biologos.org/blog/signature-in-the-snps.  \r\n “Modern Human Diversity- Genetics” Smithsonian Natural Museum of Natural History, accessed February 20, 2015,   http://humanorigins.si.edu/evidence/genetics/skin-color/modern-human-diversity-genetics \r\nLin Edwards, “Humans were Once an Endangered Species” phys.org, modified January 21st, 2010, http://phys.org/news183278038.html.  \r\nNature Research Ecology & Evolution Community, “Adam and Eve: A Tested Hypothesis?,” Nature Research Ecology & Evolution Community, October 28, 2017,...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/2jsJ0n8J_oZExQWeMC2lgEdoqoldV_NnnfMTlCL77C8/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzM0NTk4LzE2NjQ5/MDc5MTUtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}