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From ashes to ashes, dust to dist

Posted by Serge Liberman on February 13, 2005

This phrase, taken from Genesis, is well known.

But, in terms of our human origins, how accurate is it? Did we indeed arise from ashes, or did humanity truly emerge from dust? And, ifit is true, how do ova and sperm fit into this scheme of things?

SL

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