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Human origins

10 segments in 6 recordings · 2016 to 2022 · 0 verified · 9 checked positions · history/human-origins · Feed

Most recent statement · 19 Jan 2022Where do Neanderthals fit in the Islamic story of Adam?Older segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 19 Jan 2022

19 Jan 2022video LatestWhere do Neanderthals fit in the Islamic story of Adam? Islam is not a science manual and says nothing directly about them, but he says the Quran hints that other hominins came before Adam, who was the final 'successor' in that line. Question from live chatposition checkedAdambasharQuran 2:30 (I will place a khalifah on the earth; verse not numbered by him)khalifah machine8 min 16 s0:39on YouTube

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2022 · 3

19 Jan 2022video Neanderthals were more intelligent than people think Neanderthals were not stupid: he puts their intelligence at roughly that of an eight or nine year old child, far above chimpanzees. Lessonposition checked machine1 min 54 s8:16on YouTube
19 Jan 2022video Did humans and Neanderthals interbreed? Yes, but in his view not much: Neanderthal DNA was diluted over generations, leaving non-Africans with about one to four percent. Question from live chatposition checked machine3 min 46 s10:10on YouTube
19 Jan 2022video Is it true that Africans have no Neanderthal DNA? Generally yes: Neanderthals never lived in Africa, though some people seen as African today have mixed ancestry from migration. Question from live chatposition checked machine1 min 58 s13:56on YouTube

2021 · 1

26 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Why does the Quran seem focused on men, and why are two women witnesses needed? The Quran asks for two women witnesses only for debt contracts, because a lone woman was easier to intimidate, not because women are lesser; otherwise one woman equals one man, and the masculine address reflects historically patriarchal societies. Question from live chatposition checkedQuran 2:282 (two women witnesses for a debt, so that if one errs the other reminds her)report: women are the counterparts of men (unresolved; collection not stated)Frans de Waal machine9 min 11 s21:34on YouTube

2020 · 2

13 Oct 2020video Does evolution contradict the Quran's account of Adam? No: he says evolution does not clash with Islam, reading 23:12-14 as Adam passing through a womb and Adam as the first human with full consciousness. Discussionposition checkedAdamQuran 23:12-14 (insan from an extract of clay, then a drop in a firm lodging, then the stages of the embryo)Quran 21:30 (every living thing from water)insan (human being) machine9 min 37 s21:39on YouTube
13 Oct 2020video If humans evolved, why are there still chimpanzees? Nobody claims humans came from chimpanzees; both share a common ancestor, and evolution is now shown through genetics, which he says poses no problem for Islam. Discussionposition checkedAdamQuran 49:13 (We created you from male and female)Musa (Moses)Nuh (Noah) machine5 min 46 s37:20on YouTube

2018 · 2

6 Dec 2018Ponderings on the Holy Quran Does the Quran support human evolution? Mufti Abu Layth reads several verses as arguing for evolution and says Eve is not named in the Quran. No one has to accept evolution, but those who do should not be called heretics. Lessonposition checkedQuran 71:14 (He created you in stages)Quran 71:17 (Allah grew you from the earth like plants)Quran 21:30 (the heavens and earth were one; every living thing from water)Quran 3:59 (the likeness of Jesus is that of Adam) machine9 min 49 s0:00on YouTube
10 Nov 2018From the Mind of a Mufti Did Adam come from Neanderthals? No: Neanderthals were cousins of Homo sapiens, not ancestors. He believes Adam was the father of the cognitive revolution about 70,000 years ago. Question source not recordedposition checkedAbd al-Sabur Shahin [?]AdamThe Knowledge Illusion (called 'the illusion of knowledge') [?]Aristotle machine7 min 10 s0:01on YouTube

2016 · 1

15 Mar 2016video Creation before Adam: Neanderthals, bashar and insan, and the formation of man Creation before Adam is discussed through a distinction between bashar and insan and two ways of reading the fossil record. The speaker raising it says he has no verdict either way. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechNouman Ali KhanbasharinsanQuran 7:11 (We created you, then gave you form) [?] machine3 min 49 s29:07on YouTube