[Taxacom] taxonomy article in the NYTimes

[Richard Zander]

Well, Adam could have done some phylogenetics. Note that you don't need
ancestors to do phylogenetics. 

On the other hand, when were fossils created? Maybe there were some
ancestors created before Adam was created. Fossil ancestors, anyway,
created when dirt and stones were created, which was pretty early.
Therefore Adam had ancestors available and he could use these as
outgroups. 

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Besides, it doesn't say anything about God supplying any tools, so what
kind of gardening could Adam have done just then, anyway? ;-)

Peace,
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Doug Yanega