In the Beginning

Through the process of sequencing and analysis much is now understood. The human genome, subject to the forces of scientific inquiry and persuasion, revealed some of its secrets. In doing so theories were either confirmed or destroyed. With the recovery of ancient nuclear and mitochondrial skeletal DNA and the application of this knowledge, the lives of those living fifty thousand years ago are connected to others from different millenniums, including people in current times. The extent of the geographical locations where ancestral links exist is impressive. Some, using this information, are now chronicling the movement of repeating exoduses as they occurred throughout history.
Humankind continues to pursue the description of creation. There are those who believe this recent awareness may be moving us ever closer to establishing the precise location of the garden, adding details to the Genesis narrative—“In the beginning”.
As it is and will always be the case, new understandings lead to different roads, some of which are not yet envisioned. However, at least one such pathway is now evident. The use of these discovered genetic facts with respect to the tracking of ancestry demands that another account surfaces. It is the story of how one assumed the forms of many and the effects this had and still has on the course of human interaction.

“The greatest history book ever written is the one hidden in our DNA.” (Dr. Spencer Wells)


This is an excerpt from a envisioned novel tentatively titled "History Train". (Historical in nature, I am nearly half way. Accuracy is important so the work slowly evolves.)

I am wondering, as I am sure many are, 'how is it that some have become so fractured, so blind to our common humanity?'

“Beliefs of superiority overwhelm and blind. As a result, the limitless vision of possibilities is sacrificed.” (Randy Kaneen )