Last week, the world flew around the world: supposedly scientists from Princeton University showed how Adam could look. The “first man” turned out to be incredibly similar to the star of the Fast and Furious film franchise. We checked whether such a study was really conducted.

On October 28, 2022, reports appeared in Russian-language social networks and the media: “Scientists from Princeton University created a 3D model of how Adam, the first person created by God could look.” Numerous Internet publications with this news are accompanied by the same computer image of a bald man. In many records, the authors also note with humor that Adam is very reminiscent of the Hollywood actor of the wine diesel.

So, in VKontakte, posts in publics became virals "Rhymes and Panchi"(1.3 million views, 50,000 likes and 15,000 reposts),"Borsch"(584,000, 6700 and 7000),"Say 13 - Music 2022"(125,000, 1000 and 600) and"Universe Marvel | DC"(163,000, 500 and 400), there are notes in other relatively large communities (examples here, here And here). Tens of thousands of views received such posts in Telegram, for example in channels "Badcor" And "KD 18+ [Politics] Kherson". There is supposedly Adam to be on a “Picabu” (here And here) And "YaPlakal".

In the media, this news approached the spread of this news a little more accurate than in social networks and messengers. Despite the affirmative headlines, the texts themselves usually note the lack of evidence that a similar project was held at the university. Among such resources "Gazeta.ru"(" On the Web published a 3D model of Adam created by God. He turned out to be like the wine of a diesel engine "), Vesti.az, ("" Created "by God Adam was very similar to wine diesel”) and “7dne.ru"(" Eve can be understood: scientists recreated the appearance of the seduced Adam ").

How They wrote In some media outlets, the source of the news about visualizing the biblical character scientists is a tweet of the network of American cinemas, where the image was supposedly first published. Indeed, on October 27, 2022 on the Alamo Drafthouse NYC Twitter Account appeared The post with the same picture and the next signature: "Scientists from Princeton University reconstructed the 3D model of how Adam could look-the first person created by God." We could not find earlier messages about this alleged result of the research of scientists. In addition, the next day, October 28, in the same account appeared A comment that hints at the humorous nature of the original publication: “We just remind you that we are a cinema, not an academic magazine.” They also reacted on the official page of Princeton University: “The researcher of the house of Toretto (the character of a diesel engine from the film“ Fast and the Furious ”. - Approx. Ed.) Thanks his family for a wonderful discovery.”

And although for the first time a joke appeared in Alamo Drafthouse NYC, the image itself was originally published in another place. In fact, this is not a 3D model of Adam, but, in fact, the image of the diesel wine. This picture is 3D artist Vitaly Tenishev From St. Petersburg Laid Six years ago, on November 28, 2016, in its account on the ArtStation website. The work was signed as follows: "Riddik (Vin Diesel) Fan Art." Richard B. Riddick is one of the most famous characters in Diesel. appeared In a series of films, video games and cartoons. His debut took place in a science fiction action movie "Black hole»2000.

On the artist’s page there are other pictures on which you can consider the 3D model of Riddik from other angles, as well as see the hero in his famous glasses.

Photo: 3D rushing Vitaly Tenishev. Source

Judging by the author’s twitter, he knows that his work was used in a viral post (at the time of writing this text, Twith about Adam almost 310,000 likes and 29,000 retweets). October 28 Tenishev Commented His meme with Leonardo DiCaprio from the film “Once upon a time in Hollywood” with the words: “The feeling is when your work in the Academic Journal.”

Apparently, a joke about Adam and the wine of a diesel engine appeared as part of the new flash mob, when users laid out 3D models of famous personalities and signed that this is the reconstruction of the appearance of biblical characters. So, supposedly scientists from Stanford University turned Lady Gaga in Maria, the mother of Jesus Christ, and the French wrestler and actor Andre Giant (original his computer model for at least three years) became Joseph, the husband of Mary. However, back in 2018, Lady Gagu in the same image called Queen Cleopatra. And in the official account of the movie "Twilight" jokedthat Edward Kallen (Robert Pattinson) and Bella Swan (Kristen Stewart) are Adam and Eve.