The Science of Genetics Confirms We All Descended from Adam

There’s only one biological race: the human race.

Biblically, there can only be one race because we’re all descended from Adam and Eve.

There aren’t many different races. Science has powerfully shown that we’re all one race and that the genetic differences between people groups (what some people erroneously call “races”) are extremely minor—just a fraction of a percent!

This is not surprising. Biblically, there can only be one race because we’re all descended from Adam and Eve. Scripture is clear on this:

And [God] made from one man every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth. . . . (Acts 17:26)

And why does this matter? Well, because there’s only one race (Adam’s race), every person has the same ultimate problem—each is born a sinner in rebellion against God. And that means every person has the same ultimate solution: the last Adam, the Lord Jesus, who died and took our penalty for us and then rose from the grave.

Babel explains our differences. And you can learn more about the genetics of how we can be only one race, and yet have minor variations, in this excellent presentation from one of our researchers, Dr. Nathaniel Jeanson:

If you’d like to learn more about the one race, one origin, and one Savior of humanity, check out my newly revised and updated (with whole new chapters) book, One Blood, now available for preorder.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for praying,
Ken

This item was written with the assistance of AiG’s research team.