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Global Distribution of Herpes Simplex Virus Supports Biblical Account of Human Origins - By Dr. Fazale Rana November 11, 2013

http://www.reasons.org/articles/global-d...an-origins

To address this question, researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison used the type I herpes simplex virus (HSV-1) as a model system.1 Though not responsible for the common cold, this virus serves as an excellent case study because some strains cause oral mucocutaneous lesions (cold sores) and others cause deadly encephalitis.

To better grasp the relationship between virulence and genetic make up, the researchers sequenced and compared the entire genomes (consisting of about 152,000 base pairs, or genetic letters) for 31 different HSV-1 strains collected from around the world. The scientists discovered that the viral strains clustered into six groups that corresponded to different parts of the world. The groups labeled III, IV, V, and VI consist of strains found in East Africa. These groups tend to be the most diverse and appear to be the oldest. It seems as if the HSV-1 virus had its origin in East Africa. Meanwhile, group I locates to Europe and North America and group II pinpoints to East Asia.

Using molecular clock analysis, the researchers estimated the strains outside of Africa arose around 50,000 years ago (± 17,000 years) and the European and North American strains separated from the East Asian strains about 33,000 years ago (± 11,000 years). They also discovered a strain that they interpret to be of Amerindian origin that arose about 16,000 years ago (± 5,000 years).

The geographic distribution and time scale for the origin of the various viral strains corresponds closely to the results of human genetic variability studies that track the origin and spread of humanity around the world. For more on these previous studies, check out the following articles:

“Were They Real? The Scientific Case for Adam and Eve”
“A Burgoo of Human Origins Discoveries”.......

Dr. Fazale Rana
In 1999, I left my position in R&D at a Fortune 500 company to join Reasons to Believe because I felt the most important thing I could do as a scientist is to communicate to skeptics and believers alike the powerful scientific evidence—evidence that is being uncovered day after day—for God’s existence and the reliability of Scripture. Read more about Dr. Fazale Rana

Thing is that this idiot is utilising 50,000 years and trying to squeeze it into 6,000 years of creationism! Just as bad as the Ham et al