Category: Non-LDS Sources
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The Dead Sea Scrolls Uncovered
1992 Eisenman, R., & Wise, M. (1992). The Dead Sea Scrolls uncovered. Element. Read more
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Letter to a CES Director: Why I Lost my Testimony (2013)
The original CES Letter Jeremy T. Runnells 2013 Jeremy T. Runnells, Letter to a CES Director: Why I lost my Testimony (2013) Read more
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Letter to a CES director: why I lost my testimony (2014)
The 2014 version of the CES Letter Jeremy T. Runnells 2013, updated 2014 Jeremy T. Runnells, Letter to a CES Director: Why I lost my Testimony (2014) Read more
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CES Letter (2017)
Jeremy Runnells makes several claims and accusations against the LDS church and its history, posing them as well intended questions. This document contains numerous lies, exaggerations and logical fallacies Jeremy T. Runnells 2013, updated 2017 Jeremy T. Runnells, CES Letter: My Search for Answers to My Mormon Doubts, (2017) Read more
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Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants
References both the Frankincense trial or incense road and the summer monsoons of the Qura mountains in which Nephi’s bountiful is located. K. Hammer, J. Gebauer, S. Al Khanjari,A. Buerkert 2009 Hammer, K. & Gebauer, Jens & Al Khanjari, Sulaiman & Buerkert, Andreas. (2009). Oman at the cross-roads of inter-regional exchange of cultivated plants. Genetic Read more
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The Arrival of Strangers’: Teotihuacan and Tollan in Classic Maya History
David Stuart 1990 Stuart, David. “’The Arrival of Strangers’: Teotihuacan and Tollan in Classic Maya History.” Mesoamerica’s Classic Heritage: From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs, 1990. Read more
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Some Working notes on the Text of Tikal Stela 31
David Stuart 2011 University of Texas Austin Read more
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Genome-wide Ancestry Patterns in Rapanui Suggest Pre-European Admixture with Native Americans
Rapa Nui (Easter Island), located in the easternmost corner of the Polynesian Triangle, is one of the most isolated locations on the planet inhabited by humans. Archaeological and genetic evidence suggests that the island was first colonized by Polynesians around AD 1200, during their eastward expansion. Although it remains contentious whether Polynesians reached South America, Read more
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Origin and diffusion of mtDNA haplogroup X
Reidla M, Kivisild T, Metspalu E, Kaldma K, Tambets K, Tolk HV, Parik J, Loogväli EL, Derenko M, Malyarchuk B, Bermisheva M, Zhadanov S, Pennarun E, Gubina M, Golubenko M, Damba L, Fedorova S, Gusar V, Grechanina E, Mikerezi I, Moisan JP, Chaventré A, Khusnutdinova E, Osipova L, Stepanov V, Voevoda M, Achilli A, Rengo Read more
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Mitochondrial echoes of first settlement and genetic continuity in El Salvador
“From Paleo-Indian times to recent historical episodes, the Mesoamerican isthmus played an important role in the distribution and patterns of variability all around the double American continent. However, the amount of genetic information currently available on Central American continental populations is very scarce. In order to shed light on the role of Mesoamerica in the Read more