The ripples of "The Big (agricultural) Bang": the spread of early wheat cultivation

Genome ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 49 (8) ◽  
pp. 861-863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shahal Abbo ◽  
Avi Gopher ◽  
Zvi Peleg ◽  
Yehoshua Saranga ◽  
Tzion Fahima ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Big Bang ◽  
Core Area ◽  
Dna Polymorphisms ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
Wheat Cultivation ◽  
Genetic Stocks ◽  
Polymorphism Data ◽  
Wave Of Advance ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Revolutionary Period

Demographic expansion and (or) migrations leave their mark in the pattern of DNA polymorphisms of the respective populations. Likewise, the spread of cultural phenomena can be traced by dating archaeological finds and reconstructing their direction and pace. A similar course of events is likely to have taken place following the "Big Bang" of the agricultural spread in the Neolithic Near East from its core area in southeastern Turkey. Thus far, no attempts have been made to track the movement of the founder genetic stocks of the first crop plants from their core area based on the genetic structure of living plants. In this minireview, we re-interpret recent wheat DNA polymorphism data to detect the genetic ripples left by the early wave of advance of Neolithic wheat farming from its core area. This methodology may help to suggest a model charting the spread of the first farming phase prior to the emergence of truly domesticated wheat types (and other such crops), thereby increasing our resolution power in studying this revolutionary period of human cultural, demographic, and social evolution.Key words: early wave of advance of Neolithic farming, genetic ripples, Neolithic revolution, origin of Near Eastern agriculture.

The Bible, Science & Creation

2015 ◽  
Vol 87 (2) ◽  
pp. 99-113
Author(s):  
Ernest C. Lucas
Keyword(s):  
Scientific Information ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Human Origins ◽  
Near Eastern ◽  
The Bible ◽  
Big Bang Theory ◽  
Genesis 1 ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
Made In

This paper argues that Genesis 1–3 should not be read for scientific information but as an ancient Near Eastern figurative story which conveys theological truth about the nature of God, the created order, and humans, and of the role of humans in the created order. It goes on to argue that two of the key theological assertions in these chapters – that we live in a created universe and that humans are made in the image and likeness of God – are compatible with the Big Bang Theory of the origin of the cosmos and an evolutionary understanding of human origins.

A view of the universe before the big bang

2006 ◽  
Vol 190 ◽  
pp. 15-15
Author(s):  
D CASTELVECCHI
Keyword(s):  
Big Bang ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Universe

The First Galaxies in the Universe

2013 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abraham Loeb ◽  
Steven R. Furlanetto
Keyword(s):  
Galaxy Evolution ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
First Stars ◽  
Distant Galaxies ◽  
Formation And Evolution ◽  
Early Galaxies ◽  
First Galaxies ◽  
Large Telescopes ◽  
New Generation ◽  
The Big Bang

This book provides a comprehensive, self-contained introduction to one of the most exciting frontiers in astrophysics today: the quest to understand how the oldest and most distant galaxies in our universe first formed. Until now, most research on this question has been theoretical, but the next few years will bring about a new generation of large telescopes that promise to supply a flood of data about the infant universe during its first billion years after the big bang. This book bridges the gap between theory and observation. It is an invaluable reference for students and researchers on early galaxies. The book starts from basic physical principles before moving on to more advanced material. Topics include the gravitational growth of structure, the intergalactic medium, the formation and evolution of the first stars and black holes, feedback and galaxy evolution, reionization, 21-cm cosmology, and more.

The Planet in a Pebble

2010 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jan Zalasiewicz
Keyword(s):  
Solar System ◽  
Volcanic Eruptions ◽  
Big Bang ◽  
Forensic Analysis ◽  
Mineral Matter ◽  
Supernova Explosions ◽  
Deep Underground ◽  
The Big Bang ◽  
The Universe

This is the story of a single pebble. It is just a normal pebble, as you might pick up on holiday - on a beach in Wales, say. Its history, though, carries us into abyssal depths of time, and across the farthest reaches of space. This is a narrative of the Earth's long and dramatic history, as gleaned from a single pebble. It begins as the pebble-particles form amid unimaginable violence in distal realms of the Universe, in the Big Bang and in supernova explosions and continues amid the construction of the Solar System. Jan Zalasiewicz shows the almost incredible complexity present in such a small and apparently mundane object. Many events in the Earth's ancient past can be deciphered from a pebble: volcanic eruptions; the lives and deaths of extinct animals and plants; the alien nature of long-vanished oceans; and transformations deep underground, including the creations of fool's gold and of oil. Zalasiewicz demonstrates how geologists reach deep into the Earth's past by forensic analysis of even the tiniest amounts of mineral matter. Many stories are crammed into each and every pebble around us. It may be small, and ordinary, this pebble - but it is also an eloquent part of our Earth's extraordinary, never-ending story.

When did the Big Bang happen?

1996 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-33
Author(s):  
F. A. Tsitsin
Keyword(s):  
Big Bang ◽  
The Big Bang
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