Mutations—A Challenge for Evolution

Does Genetics Support an Old Earth Timeline?

by Ken Ham on September 12, 2025

Part 5

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All this week we’ve seen how genetics confirms the Bible’s history. Humans haven’t been around for hundreds of thousands of years. We’re all descended from Adam and Eve just a few thousand years ago. But what about the animals?

Scientists have measured the mutation rate for several different species. And they found there aren’t enough mutations to account for even tens of thousands of years of history. Mutations don’t support evolutionary ideas about the past.

But this rate is what’s predicted based on the history in God’s Word! Creationists can make accurate predictions, well, because we start with the right history in Genesis.

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