According to the Bible, the first human man ever to walk the Earth was Adam, created by God and partnered by his female counterpart Eve. Norse mythology shares a similar concept of a deity-created man and woman, though in Norse legend the planet’s first couple are entitled Ask and Embla.

Regardless of his given name, the world’s first man has recently been the focus of two scientific studies looking at an area of genetics known as phlyogenetics, a field of research examining the evolutionary roots of all species. The studies have been attempting to discover the essence of "Adam," sifting through a host of chromosomes to find the one from which all others were derived.
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Strange stone rectangles that were found there over 15 years ago suggest this may be the case. In 1994, a solitary Kurdish shepherd made an archeological discovery at a site called Gobekli Tepe that has revolutionized the way we look at the origin of religion. In the Daily Mail, Tom Knox quotes archaeologist Klaus Schmidt as saying, "As soon as I got there and saw the stones, I knew that if I didn’t walk away immediately I would be here for the rest of my life."
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