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It should be noted that there is nothing known about the human body which would fundamentally prevent humans from having lived that long in the past, or to one day live that long again.[http://www.personalmd.com/news/a1998071403.shtml] Scientists do not know why humans age and ultimately die, although some have speculated{{fact}} that it might be due to the shortening of [[telomere]]s, which could theoretically have been much longer prior to the flood. | It should be noted that there is nothing known about the human body which would fundamentally prevent humans from having lived that long in the past, or to one day live that long again.[http://www.personalmd.com/news/a1998071403.shtml] Scientists do not know why humans age and ultimately die, although some have speculated{{fact}} that it might be due to the shortening of [[telomere]]s, which could theoretically have been much longer prior to the flood. | ||
In (''Genetic Entropy'') John Sanford, PhD references a study performed by Halliday and Watts in 2001 that clearly shows an exponential decay curve which can only be described as "biological". The calculated "line of best fit" is exponential with a correlation curve of 0.94, a very close fit. | In (''Genetic Entropy'') John Sanford, PhD references a study performed by Halliday and Watts in 2001 that clearly shows an exponential decay curve which can only be described as "biological". The calculated "line of best fit" is exponential with a correlation curve of 0.94, a very close fit. Clearly the writer of Genesis was either a faithful historian or uber-mathematical-modeler. Fabrication of such data would require both a deep mathematical understanding coupled with a desire to show exponential decay. Why would anyone do this, considering that genetics was not discovered until the 19th century and mutations in the 20th century? Cries of "fraud" are not only unreasonable, but realistically why would anyone bother to fit these numbers to an exponential curve? What would it matter? There is no doctrinal nor historical value in such an endeavor. Rationally speaking, the data is real, human lifespans really were extraordinary in the early generation of mankind and have progressively declined via genetic degeneration due to accumulated mutations over many generations. (''Genetic Entropy & The Mystery of the Genome'', JC Sanford PhD, Elim Publishing, 2005, pp. 148-149) | ||
=== Josephus on early human longevity === | === Josephus on early human longevity === | ||
