Reading the report brought to mind the ways science has been employed in the past to account for differences among human beings, to classify us into groups, and to place those groups in hierarchies of value. Concern about the third step lurks in the report. Nonetheless, I remain a bit uneasy, unsure about how this genetic information and this account of when humans dispersed around the globe is to be used. Even in biblical interpretation, about scientifically acquired information we must always ask: so what? How will knowing this about ancient migrations and genetics contribute to our ability to live well together now?
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I've heard differing opinions on the benefits of genetic data and their lens on race, but I think we can use them as a point of unification. After all, these studies are showing that at the most fundamental level of life, our genetic code, the differences between humans are very few and far between.
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