quote:I addressed the method, the incest within the Creationist circles and the lack of blind peer review
Scientific "incest." Good word, Neal. That aptly describes the following methodology cited in Bill's link:
"The ICR team began an exploration of changes in mitochondrial DNA by collecting and culling publicly-available human DNA records ( . . ) . From this, they constructed a consensus sequence called Eve 1.0. They continued their analysis by modeling human mitochondrial genetic history using Mendel's Accountant, a numerical program developed at ICR that can be used to mimic the accumulation of mutations in a population over time
So, in essence, they cherry picked some mDNA research, perverted it to their liking, ran it through their Creationist software and found the exact results they were looking for. Man, that's some good science.
Incestuous indeed!