by greek 14 Replies latest watchtower bible
Hi, anyone thinks that in 10.000 BC there was altars, sacrifices of Jehovah´s worshippers ,or something like " divine revelation" to the humans of that epoch -to wit,Neanderthals, Cro-Magnon, etc.?
For if God really existed billions of years back, so He should care of the spiritual necessities of Mankind.
Think this:
Cro-Magnon = 1500 cc. of brain
Neanderthal= 1300 cc. of brain.
Actual men = 1100 cc. of brain.
Then, thats beings was more intelligent that us.
Yah, and chimps are 3 times stronger than we are. Why didn't we keep the brains and the strength?
S
That movie is screaming with anachronisms. Oh well, it's a Hollywood fluff flick.
BTW, "Cro-Magnon" are "actual men", they are homo sapiens sapiens. They're just an ancient European population of modern man. And brain size is not a direct measure of intelligence. The organization and structure of the brain is just as important.
According to the Bible, modern man is less than 6000 years old.
Now who is to say other man-like creatures didn't exist earlier? According to the Bible as early as the beginning of the 6th creative day, say 7K earlier. That's about 11,000 BC. And if the "great sea monsters" are considered dinosaurs then that goes back another 7K to 18,000 BC at the most.
Having noted that, since man was created in "God's image" meaning with the capicity for moral judgment and free moral agency, anything resembling man prior to that would indeed have only been an "animal", like the apes and chimpanzees as far intellectual capacity, so it is doubtful they would have been concerned with worship.
On that note, for Christians who believe the Bible and stick to the Bible's chronology for the creation of man, is it reasonable to believe that man or other creatures existed outside of the Creative Days' timeline? If you go by scientific theory based upon their interpretation of rading methodologies, that is, those beyond RC14 dating since that is not really accurate past 1500 BCE it seems? I'd say, sure! But who is to say the theories of scientists today will be the same later on when they find out some curve or phenomenon that occurs that distorts their readings?
JC
"And brain size is not a direct measure of intelligence".....you had to say that being a woman didn't you leo.....he he
Actually, brain size is in proportion to intellect in mammals, the question is, what kind of intellect? The next question is the relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans, it has been noted that many scientists think they have ample evidence to prove that Neanderthals weren't progenitors to humans, in fact they were an "evolutionary dead end". mDNA seems to indicate that. Also, brains size in mammals usually is proportionate to the size of the body... Progenitors of modern humans show an increase in brain size from our early ancestors, it stands to reason that a larger brain would increase the chances for a successful species.
The next question is the relationship between Neanderthals and modern humans, it has been noted that many scientists think they have ample evidence to prove that Neanderthals weren't progenitors to humans, in fact they were an "evolutionary dead end". mDNA seems to indicate that.
The Nephilim perhaps?
Sylvia
The average Neanderthal was 5ft, 5inches... far from a Giant.
mDNA seems to indicate that.
Dawg, mDNA isn't the only evidence "out there". Some supports that Neanderthal alleles introgressed into the modern human genome. In this respect, we might see Homo Neanderthalensis as an archaic race of humans and not as a seperate species.
http://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/full/103/48/18178
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interbreeding_of_Cro-Magnon_and_Neanderthals#Interbreeding
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiregional_origin_of_modern_humans
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid-origin
The average Neanderthal was 5ft, 5inches... far from a Giant.
The average Cro-Mag was about the same height. The Neanderthals were much more robust of frame however. Burn
The average Neanderthal was 5ft, 5inches... far from a Giant.
Maybe giant in the sense of girth?
Sylvia
