The Origins of Man: Scientific and Biblical Examinations

I have divided this discourse into two sections. Section one of this discourse is the scientific examination of the origins of man, and section two of this discourse is the biblical examination of the origins of man.

Section One: Scientific Examinations:

Upon many hours of reading, thorough consideration, and contemplation, I am inclined to believe that mankind originated in the same general manner that the galaxies originated.

The galaxies in the material universe did not originate from a single parental galaxy. This means that the galaxies that fill the material universe originated simultaneously and in a similar time-frame after the big bang occurred nearly fourteen-billion years ago. They all appeared in the material universe simultaneously, and in the same general time-frame because the physical mechanisms that persisted during that period of time in the development of the material universe were pervasive and seemingly eternal. I believe personally that new galaxies are forming all the time due to these same pervasive mechanisms. Now I do not know whether or not new Earths or similar planets capable of sustaining life are presently forming as Earth in my own estimation is a one-of-a-kind structure; but due to the eternal nature of the death and rebirth of stars, death and rebirth of galaxies, and the unending death and formation of new planets, I personally cannot comprehend the how the universe as a whole will ever end. I am not saying that the end of the material universe is impossible, but I do not believe that mankind has devised a number that can begin to measure how far off that event will be in terms of years.

Now to the main point of this discourse. I am thoroughly inclined to believe that mankind spawned across the Earth in the same general way that the galaxies spawned across the universe. It is not within the realm of possibility in my opinion for all men to have originated from one male and female couple. My reasoning for this train of thought is as follows:

Modern humans are thought to have originated two-million years ago. It is not known exactly where on earth the first humans originated, although the oldest known human remains were found in Africa. Furthermore, there were other hominids that existed at that same time, but they were not as genetically advanced as humans and eventually died out. I am inclined to believe that the logistics of mankind originating from a single male and female couple, migrating all over the world, and populating it, just isn't feasible; especially considering the vast limitations in human technology, medicine, and education; and especially considering the vastly shorter life-spans of early humans to today's humans. My thinking is that whatever the mechanism was that spawned the origins of what became the first man and woman, happened all over the world simultaneously and in a similar time-frame.

I believe that all of the various peoples of the world each have their own unique common ancestors and do not share the same ancestor or even common ancestors of people of other races. Furthermore, I believe that the biological ancestors of mankind across the spectrum of various races, peoples, and nations, are similar but not common. The mechanism that spawned the origins of the first man is presently unknown to scientists. Whatever this mechanism was, however, had to have spawned around the entire world, namely in the form of a microbial organism that must have evolved into the modern human.

I am inclined to believe that this very mechanism had to have happened in every part of the world simultaneously. The reason being is because the mechanism that spawned the origins of what would become man had to have come to pass at a time that was biologically right, both in the Earth and for the being that would become mankind. The Earth was not always capable of housing life but became capable after billions of years. This means that at some point in Earth's history it became able to accommodate life, and then life began naturally. The point is, that whenever it was in Earth's history that it became able to accommodate life, then the entire Earth was able to accommodate life and not just certain parts of the Earth.

I am inclined to believe that the mechanisms that spawned the first man, happened all over the world, and in the same fashion, resulting in many fertile ancestral hominids appearing all over the Earth and around the same time, rather than one pair of ancestral hominids appearing in one part of the earth birthing what would become the first humans who would then later migrate all over the world. I believe that this early biological mechanism repeated itself all over the world, hundreds of thousands of times, throughout a specific time-period, resulting in the beginnings of human-kind. The descendants of these first hominids naturally took after their originators. The descendants of these originators were, however, similar enough to the descendants of other originators to make procreation with them a biological possibility.

In my estimation, these phenomena only could have happened had the mechanism that enabled the origins of the human race taken place for each and every one of the original ancestors for all of the different races of people in the world, albeit under different geological, and celestial circumstances which certainly lead to different physical characteristics. Furthermore, the geological and celestial mechanisms that led to the creation of the peoples of the world must have resulted in different DNA patterns for the ancestors of each race of people that exists today.

The full plight of human races is unknown as the development of the races happened in pre-recorded history. Furthermore, we only have a brief snapshot of how certain people ended up in certain areas of the world. We do know, however, that the people that dwell in certain areas of the world have similar appearances to people in their same geographic area. For example, people in Africa have similar physical characteristics to those of other Africans, people in Europe have similar characteristics to those of other Europeans, people in East-Asia have similar physical characteristics to those of other East-Asians, and so forth and so on all over the world. This fact tells me that there were very precise biological processes that facilitated the forming of the first hominids in each part of the world and that these same processes occurred uniquely in the formation of each of the different races of people.


Section Two: Biblical Examinations:

In the Bible, namely in the book of Genesis 1:1, it says that in the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. It goes on to say that God created light, plants, animals, man, and woman. This for all intents and purposes is the order in which material things evolved. I am inclined to believe that the biblical allegory of Adam and Eve as the first man and the first woman is a representation of the first free-thinking, enterprising people that appeared on the Earth, namely in the near-east. This as opposed to the idea that Adam and Eve represented the very first people that appeared on the earth altogether. I believe that these first modern people struggled with worldly mechanisms and temptations that caused them to pursue their own individual interests rather than the collective interests of mankind; as a result, these unseemly forces that did not always produce goodness in mankind began to prevail and still do to the present day. The Book of Genesis was originally written some 3,300 years ago by scribes (possibly Moses and his subordinate priests) that were not learned in advanced scientific methods. The mystery of Genesis is the narrative concerning the creation of material things by an immaterial God. The New Testament, however, which was written approximately 1,800 years ago, speaks of an omnipotent God whose own son is the standard by which all material things were formed. Furthermore, the New Testament speaks in depth of a God that is a living being much like his creation, man, is a living being.

I am inclined to believe that the allegory of creation as presented in the Holy Bible is a representation of the "first cause" of all material things. What I mean by first cause is the “spark” by which all material things were created. I believe that the scribe, namely Moses, who is believed to have written the book of Genesis, uses the allegory of an almighty God, imagining, designing, and creating the material universe the way an artist paints a masterpiece, devised this allegory as an easily consumable narrative concerning the creation of things. When it comes to the feasibility of an almighty creator creating all things, I find the following concept to be the best and most ideal concept; It was God that set the processes in motion that eventually led to the material universe. What I mean by this is that whatever it was that caused the first spark of physical phenomena that lead to the first stars, the first galaxies, the first planets, the first micro-organisms, and the first man, was God. I believe that this concept is more feasible and reliable than a narrative that states that God personally formed the universe and everything in it piece-by-piece the way a child builds a Lego kingdom by stacking Legos piece-by-piece. In my estimation, the Bible's creation narrative is the story of an untold number of years leading from God's earliest involvement with the creation of the first atoms, to the appearance of the first man.

In summary, scientific and biblical comparisons concerning the creation of natural things are always fascinating. In my opinion, even the most devout Jews and Christians view much of the creation story as allegory, representing a much more mysterious and unknowable reality that lead to something, namely the material universe which is astronomical in its scope, and monumental in its possibilities.