It’s a story that almost any Christian would be instantly familiar with.

According to the Bible, Adam and Eve were the first man and woman on Earth.

Said to be made out of dust and to have lived in the Garden of Eden, the two figures are central to the belief that everyone descended from a single pair of original ancestors. 

While this might seem far-fetched, there is now a growing body of evidence which suggests that at least some parts of the story could be true.

Archaeologists have found surprising signs that Eden was not only a real place but could have been the birthplace of civilisation as we know it.

Likewise, biologists have shown that all humans alive today really do share a single common ancestor.

However, making the Bible fit with modern science requires throwing out a lot of the traditional story.

That could mean saying goodbye to the notion that God created Adam and Eve, or even questioning whether our biblical ancestors were Homo Sapiens.

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