Human origins
In the Thinking Aloud series in Autumn 2006, several contributors reflected on how their understanding of science related to their faith.
A presentation by David Wallace explores the apparent tensions between a scientific and a Bible-based view of human origins as summarised by this slide:
It also outlines a range of ways of interpreting scripture in the light of science, as summarised by this diagram:
This was interwoven with sections of Tom Cameron's presentation which explains the evidence for evolution (nb this file is 7Mb)
Dennis Laws presents a set of timelines showing an understanding of the age of the universe and the human race from geology.
Clive Beggs' presentation explains how genetic analysis has been used to trace the migration of the human race across the world.
David Wallace and others, 20/01/2007