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Rob was the lead editor of Evolution’s Achilles’ Heels (the book) and a co-producer and co- director of the award-winning documentary by the same name. Over the years, he has published multiple papers directed toward building a biblical model of human genetic history. Dr. Stephen Sauchi Lee is a Professor of Statistics and an Affiliate Professor of Bioinformatics and Computational Biology in the Department of Statistical Science at the University of Idaho, Moscow, ID, USA. Dr. Lee’s research interests are in Data Science, Statistical/Machine Learning, Multivariate Analysis, Computational Methods, Bioinformatics/ Genomics, Text Mining, and Visualization. He teaches a wide range of undergraduate and graduate level statistics courses. As a Cornell University professor, John Sanford has been conducting genetic research for over 30 years. This research has resulted in more than 100 scientific publications, and several dozen patents. John is presently a Courtesy Associate Professor at Cornell, President of Logos Research Associates, and President of Feed My Sheep Foundation. John’s most significant contributions to science have been: 1) the Biolistic Process ; 2) the book Genetic Entropy; 3) Development of Mendel’s Accountant (a comprehensive and biologically realistic numerical simulation of the mutation/selection process); and 4) lead organizer/editor of the Cornell symposium and subsequently published proceedings entitled Biological Information--New Perspectives. Carter et al. ◀ Y Chromosome Noah and mitochondrial Eve ▶ 2018 ICC 151