I am keenly interested in the history of the world's people groups being run by Genographic Project (I think it's mainly a National Geographic led study project).
They look at DNA samples from around the world to retrace common ancestors back to the beginning. Recently, in the above article, they are reporting a catastrophe recorded in our DNA that points to an almost extinction of humanity.
"This study illustrates the extraordinary power of genetics to reveal insights into some of the key events in our species' history," Spencer Wells, National Geographic Society explorer in residence, said in a statement. "Tiny bands of early humans, forced apart by harsh environmental conditions, coming back from the brink to reunite and populate the world. Truly an epic drama, written in our DNA."Read the whole article, and the current theory is that this happened in Africa, 70,000 years ago, by a drought, reducing us to 2,000 people.
The reason for all those details is not given by the article. It would be good to look at those if available.
What does the Bible predict we'd find?
That all humans are closely related, that all nations spread out from one family at the beginning of recorded history (2,000-3,000 B.C), and that family was the only survivor of a giant catastrophe that killed off everyone else.
I think the National Geographic study is starting to flesh out those facts from our DNA.
(But maybe not! Who knows?! I don't want to force this fresh study to say more than it does)
Update: Answers in Genesis analyzes this news much more in depth.
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