Rebekah Holt
Horse News. Christian Living. Equine Education
The Christian Equestrian's Literary "Stamp" in Type
Of Horses and Genetic Scientists
When I agreed to provide food and lodging for a 5 year old Miniature Dachshund named Dezi who was dissatisfied with his city life—little did I expect having a new horse tale to tell.
Before we go further—first envision the credentialed scientist that is no stranger to sorting out the complexity of the mysterious language of the genome. You would probably never envision such a man astride a horse, right?
Well, that's because you don't know Jeffrey "Jeff" Tomkins, Ph.D. Geneticist
eQuest For Truth/The Holt Family was honored to provide this brother-in-Christ an opportunity to nearly freeze in the saddle astride a horse. It was a miserably cold day and he decidedly braved the frozen trail with commendable determination and good humor. From the riding instructor viewpoint, it may be reported that Jeff demonstrated a balanced neutral position in the saddle with good alignment and the ability to skillfully control, steer and enjoy his horse!
Jeff Tomkins currently serves as a Research Associate at the Institute of Creation Research. His work is frequently published on the topics surrounding human and chimpanzee genetic differences. Through recent studies of comparing the entire human and chimpanzee genomes, Dr. Tomkins' scientific contribution helps set the record straight in exposing commonly accepted inaccurate reports of humans sharing 97-99% genetic similarities with chimps. According to his research, the human and chimpanzee genomes are only about 70% similar. The Y chromosome of chimpanzee, only shows a 50% similarity overall to the human Y chromosome.
Jeff shares that "the Y chromosome is definitely the least similar of all chromosomes between humans and chimpanzees. The other chromosomes, including the X chromosome, are between 69 and 78% similar, depending on the chromosome."
A link to his research paper describing this data can be found here (http://legacy-cdn-assets.answersingenesis.org/contents/379/arj/v6/chimpanzee_human_chromosomes.pdf)
Be sure to check out Dr. Jeffrey Tomkins' latest book, The Design and Complexity of the Cell and his published scientific articles on www.icr.org.
It seems fitting that some of Christendom's champions, armed with the Truth of God's Word, are still riding horses!
Side Note: Dezi was offered with the description of being extremely good natured and barking with a southern accent. Well, what farm is complete without at least three dogs? And I love Dachshunds! Dezi seems to be delighted with his new life as top short farm dog having already starred in his first home video, A Wiener Western. So far, Dezi's favorite farm "duty" is finding a cow patty and making up for lost time by rolling in it to his little heart's content. After all, according to Jeff, Dezi always wanted to grow up to be a farm dog. Part of that dream must have included being "Stinky Pete."