Is there scientific evidence of Adam and Eve's existence?

According to Stephen Greenblatt's book, The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve, "Over many centuries, the story has shaped the way we think about ... other genetic factors, to see how small a population could exist and still allow for the high level of genetic variation that we see today within the human species. read more

So ultimately, there’s no scientific evidence for Adam and Eve’s existence. There is evidence that two million years ago there were quite a few different species of humans living in Africa. Only one of them slowly evolved into what we know as “humans” today. read more

Of course, if Adam and Eve lived more than about six thousand years ago, this creates more problems for biblical inerrancy than it solves, because then the genealogies down through Noah and the Patriarchs are meaningless. There is no evidence outside the Book of Genesis for Adam and Eve. read more

Based on the Mitochondrial Eve and Y-Chromosomal Adam evidence, many evolutionary biologists conclude that there must have been many"Adams" and many"Eves"—and that this DNA evidence only tells us about two out of many of the first humans. read more