RAZD, if Ikester doesn't appreciate that breakdown, I do. I was reading today about how long folks lived on the earth the first thousand years till not long after the flood when lives were cut down to more an average of about 120 years old. (This is Biblical through lineages so also historical). With regards to alleles and genetics I figured Adam and Eve's kids having children was kind of contradictory with the problems that causes today, (close cousins or immediate family) but read someone's assumption as a believer in the Bible, that back then we didn't have the genetic issues and were generally healthier as new humans. (My thought process on that was that with the ages they lived it would've made a difference. In either case, though, I know you don't think or believe this way - but is there not some way you could figure that in with the genetic stuff??? (I know that is simplistically put....but makes sense to me : ) Try and approach it with an open mind..... : ) (Are you an expert there? Or Russell, could you throw in, too? Let's just say for arguments sake there Adam and Eve WERE the first humans.....