Letters from the December 8, 2007, issue of Science News
By Science News
Errors of biblical proportions
“Lazarus taxa” is an appropriate name for species that seem to have been resurrected (“Back from the Dead?” SN: 11/17/07, p. 312). However, the Lazarus whom Jesus raised from the dead was a householder who lived with his sisters, Mary and Martha, in Bethany (John 11). The beggar named Lazarus appeared in a parable that Jesus told to his followers (Luke 16).
Linda Wicklund
Longmont, Colo.
“Let There Be Aluminum-42: Experiment creates surprise isotope” (SN: 10/27/07, p. 260) indicates that Adam appeared on the fifth day. The actual day of Adam’s appearance, according to Genesis, chapter 1, is the sixth day.