Many
modern humans have no clue about the origin of mankind. Some deny
they evolved from chimpanzees though a look in the mirror should
prove their error to them (a joke). Actually chimpanzees and human
branch off separate ways about 14 million years ago. Humans had many
near human like ancestors such as Neanderthals that could have
survived independently in a different and less adverse social
environment. Like modern humans with their great skill at war, the
ancestors of humanity evolved in a bloodbath and killed off
non-self-like hominids whenever they could.
Actually
the law of the jungle making killing and eating normal and the rule
except for close relations made it rather animal; normal rather than
evil. It was a big change when anyone began to think that their was
anything wrong about killing and eating non-tribal genomes I would
think.
The
number of ancestral branches of humanity of hominids re numerous and
they are all extinct. In a bigger planet maybe several human-like
species that evolved intelligence and tools could have existed to the
present day. Unfortunately there is just one remaining; homo sapiens
sapiens.
The
hominidae for scientists comprise four species of great apes of which
mankind is a member. He has largely killed off the others in that
group classification too. Quite likely mankind will kill off himself
as his final great killing achievement.
The
Bible brings Cain and Able into the historical time-line about the
same era as humanity evolved farming and making tools for farming
approximately 12,000 years ago. Cain was a metal worker and Abel a
farmer. Cain killed his brother Abel. The flood was somewhat earlier,
probably a neolithic era end of Pleistocene ice age flood that
rose world sea levels 200 feet and sent great floods and storms to
the Mesopotamian lowlands where some proto-civlization was drowned
predictably at leas to Noah who understood the implications of global
warming with divine help.
Humanity
perhaps could be said to have been created or entered into the world
from Eden circa 14,000-16,000 B.C when they had a great awakening
morally differentiating themselves from the law of the jungle genomes
that existed everywhere on Earth. Adam and eve could name them and
their children eventually move to their regions and begin creating
nations.
It
is sad though about humanity evolving nits own death and just the
grace of God entering the dragon of social reality can save a few
unto eternal life through the Son Jesus Christ. Humans are not the
evolved highest species so much as they are the remaining of the
numerous hominid lines that have all gone extinct. Any one of those
lines might have been able to develop tools and advanced thought if
they weren't so busy killing each other off. Humanity were the best
killers and the prevailing winners of the global extinction
competition/
The
New Testament has the apocalypse occurring in the first century A.D.
with the destruction of Jerusalem. That interpretation is consistent
with a post-millennial point of view. The kingdom of God is
prophesied to increase until most humans remaining alive are
Christian, and those consistent with the meek inheriting the Earth.
it does seem reasonable to me that the great killing species that
humanity is evolved as a kind of upside down pyramid from innumerable
hominid species living until just one remained, and that seemingly
self-destined for self-destruction.
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