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Originally Posted by TimAllen   How could neanderthals have existed as research puts it "The Neanderthals are thought to have already been there for about 150,000 years, but seem to have died out by about 30,000 years ago, presumably out-competed by the modern humans during a period of cold weather."
In the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth! He then created man this all happened about 6000 years ago or so. Before God created Man there was no one! |
That's actually a non issue since the current topic is not the creation story, but the origins of the Basque culture. Neaderthals are very real, whether God created the Earth or not, thier remains and fossils are there. I guess from a theological standpoint, a more accurate question would be are they Human or not? Neaderthal, Homo Erectus, Java Man, etc. are all different species of Man and not the same as Homo Sapien so God could have created all of them as the Bible states he created animals first, and then Man (Homo Sapien) last. I'll admit, science is not without flaws, things past have been done wrong and since corrected. Caucasians, Africans, and Asiatic peoples were originally classified as three distinct subspecies basically through the ignorance of the culture of the past. My question is why do people hold so dearly to the earth being only about 6,000 years old. There is not one place in the Bible that dates when the Earth was created. There is no timeline on how long Adam and Eve spent in the Garden, so who is coming up with this magic number?