I released a dove from the boat,
It flew off, but circled around and returned,
For it could find no perch.
I then released a swallow from the boat,
It flew off, but circled around and returned,
For it could find no perch.
I then released a raven from the boat,
It flew off, and the waters had receded:
It eats, it scratches the ground, but it does not circle around and return.
I then sent out all the living things in every direction and sacrificed a sheep on that very spot.

Tablet XI, The Epic of Gilgamesh

Sounds familiar. :)

Welcome Back.

Wait, there's a flood coming?

If he took 2 of all animals on board, and sacrificed one sheep, does that mean we should call all sheep Dolly?

I'm not as familier with the Epic of Gilgamesh, but in the Bible Noah took 2 of the unclean animals, and 7 of the clean animals. Sheep are clean.

...and tasty!

/me eats his Gyro platter.. Mmm.....

Either way, it still brings up some tricky questions about inbreeding.

Yes but then so would all of us humans coming from one man and one woman...

You sayin' there's a problem... with my sister... and her cousin... and... I...?

I'd hate to break it to you but yes.

Wait so what about me and your sisters?!?!

Funny to mention this, knowing that all tanis descent from the 10,000 inbreeding runners on the ark.

they all couldn't have been related to the extent of inbreeding.

What Touriaus said.

Funny though, one of the things that both creationism and evolution science actually agree upon :).

(Edit : The Good Doctor is punished to go read the backstory 10 times. There was an "ark" story in it, as Dragos Ferraris noted.)

The scientists have noticed that genetic markers seem to indicate that all the people on Sol's Terra are descended from about 6 women...chew on that for a second

MAM

Can't help but wish I was that man.