Scientists Address LDS challenges
Addressing the Arguments Against the DNA Evidence |
Haplogroup X
Thomas W. Murphy, LDS Anthropologist
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The Genes of Lehi
Thomas W. Murphy, LDS Anthropologist
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Limited Geography?
Dr. Trent Stephens - biologist, active LDS member
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Rebuttal to Limited Geography
Thomas W. Murphy / Dr. Simon Southerton
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Another Hebrew Lineage?
Thomas W. Murphy
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Are Hebrews "Asians"?
Thomas W. Murphy /
Dr. David Glenn Smith |
Additional Information about DNA & the Book of Mormon |
The Book of Mormon Story
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What is DNA Evidence?
Thomas W. Murphy |
The applicability of DNA to the Book of Mormon
Thomas W. Murphy
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The process of DNA testing
Dr. Dennis O'Rourke
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Research on the Origins of Native Americans
Dr. Stephen L Whittington
Dr. Dennis O'Rourke
Dr. David Glenn Smith
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Dealing with the evidence
Gordon B. Hinckley / Thomas Murphy
Dr. Simon Southerton, geneticist, LDS member
Thomas W. Murphy
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Scientist Biography Briefs & CVs
Thomas W. Murphy
Edmonds Community College where he was named 2000-2001 Advisor of the Year for his work with the Native American Students Association. The Dialogue Foundation awarded him the 1997 Best Article in Theology and Scripture for his examination of the sociological role of writing in the Book of Mormon, "Laban's Ghost: On Writing and Transgression," Dialogue 30 (Summer 1997), 105-127. He is the author of the first comprehensive analysis in print of the implications of genetic research for the Book of Mormon. His article, "Lamanite, Genesis, Genealogy, and Genetics," appears in American Apocrypha, edited by Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalf (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 47-77, and is available on the web at MormonScriptureStudies.Com.
http://www.edcc.edu/anthr/faculty.php?userID=tmurphy
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Dr. Simon Southerton
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Publication:
http://www.signaturebooks.com/Losing.htm
Southerton's response to LDS critics of the DNA / Book of Mormon issue:
http://www.signaturebooks.com/excerpts/Losing2.htm
CV / Contact:
http://www.csiro.au/people/Simon.Southerton--ci_pubHist-1.html |
 Dr. Randall Shortridge
Dr. Shortridge, PhD, is a molecular biologist at the University of Buffalo, New York. He has also been a member of the LDS church.
CV & Publications:
http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~rds/ |
Dr. Dennis H. O'Rourke
Dr. O'Rourke is a PhD in anthropology from the University of Kansas. He is currently a professor at the University of Utah. Dr. O'Rourke's main areas of research are population and evolutionary genetics, genetic epidemiology, quantitative methods, Native America, and Russia.
CV & Publications:
http://www.anthro.utah.edu/people/faculty/dennis-h.-orourke.html |
Dr. David Glenn Smith
Dr. David Glenn Smith is a PhD in anthropology from the University of Colorado, Boulder. He is currently a professor at the University of California, Davis. His areas of expertise are in, genetic epidemiology, medical anthropology, population genetics, demography, genetics of non-human primates, and North America.
CV & Publications:
http://www.anthro.ucdavis.edu/~dgsmith/dgs.html
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Dr. Trent Stephens
Dr. Stephens is a PhD from the University of Pennsylvania. He is currently a professor at Idaho State University. Dr. Stephens specializes in anatomy, experimental embryology, and teratology. Dr. Stephens is also an active LDS member and is currently involved in research on DNA evidence and the Book of Mormon.
CV & Publications:
http://www.isu.edu/bios/Professors_Staff/stephens_t.shtml |
 Dr. Stephen L. Whittington
Dr. Stephen L. Whittington is a PhD in anthropology from Penn State University. Dr. Whittington is a bio-archaeologist with a focus in Mesoamerican archaeology and human osteology. He is also a co-editor of the book Bones of the Maya: Studies of Ancient Skeletons, and is the director of the Hudson Museum at the University of Maine.
University Bio / Selected Publications:
http://www.wfu.edu/academics/anthropology/whittington.html
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Dr. John McLaughlin
Dr. McLaughlin, PhD, is a linguist at Utah State University, specializing in Native American languages.
Contact:
http://www.usu.edu/search/phonebook.cfm?personDetails=3974 |
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