In short, it details an ancient family tree.
Genesis 11 describes the initial scattering of the peoples.
In men, fathers pass on the Y chromosome to their sons. It is a small fraction of a male’s total DNA. It’s also passed on imperfectly. On average, each generation accumulates three or so mistakes—mutations. Effectively, the Y chromosome acts like a clock. Long story short, from the Y chromosomes of men around the globe, we can reconstruct a family tree.
DNA shows that the Americas were settled in multiple waves from Asia.
Genesis 11 describes the initial scattering of the peoples.
In men, fathers pass on the Y chromosome to their sons. It is a small fraction of a male’s total DNA. It’s also passed on imperfectly. On average, each generation accumulates three or so mistakes—mutations. Effectively, the Y chromosome acts like a clock. Long story short, from the Y chromosomes of men around the globe, we can reconstruct a family tree.
The base of this tree contains a mirror image
of the Genesis 10 genealogy.
*For Native Americans, many Y chromosome test result show that both Ham’s descendants and Shem’s descendants gave rise to Native Americans. For Ham’s side, my best guess is specifically via Ham’s son Cush. On the Semitic side of the tree, my best guess is one of the 13 sons of Joktan.DNA shows that the Americas were settled in multiple waves from Asia.
The most recent happened in the AD 900s.
It followed a migration in the AD 300s to 600s. The 100s BC also saw a migration, as did the 1000s BC.
All four of these migrations have clear genetic echoes.
The only period still shrouded in genetic mystery is the earliest—the time of the Olmecs. Their genetic lineage appears to have gone extinct. Archaeologically, they disappeared in the 400s BC.
Genesis 11:1 describes the people after the flood as “the whole earth.” Genesis 10:25 says that, in Peleg’s day, the “earth” was divided.
I presume this refers to the division and scattering of peoples described in Genesis 11:1–9.
Peleg lived in the first few centuries after the flood.
The genealogies from the Masoretic text put the flood date around 4,500 years ago (C. Hardy and R. Carter, “The Biblical Minimum and Maximum Age of the Earth,” Journal of Creation 28, no. 2 [2014]: 89–96). Thus, I estimate the tower of Babel incident to have taken place around 4,000 years ago."
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