How did humans come about?

AstralCody · 16th June 2012, 09:26 AM

You were always taught...

First there were dinosaurs, then a big meteor hit the earth and yada yada...

Who was the first human to be here? Of course the bible says Adam and Eve but I don't really think in the way of the bible. The main question here is HOW did the first human get here?

Are we talking about evolution? Do some people on here think we came from apes? etc.

I really don't know, so I thought I would see what you all have to say.

**Sinera** · 16th June 2012, 09:48 AM

Watch "Ancient Aliens" on YT and you'll know.

**SoulSail** · 16th June 2012, 10:53 AM

More and more I'm leaning toward the DNA seed theory, which is what you'll find if you follow Volgerie's advice on the Ancient Aliens bit. There's many twists and theories, but it all comes down to DNA being spread across the Cosmos, toyed with, spliced, planted, etc.

For instance, take the Adam and Eve story in Genesis (actually, it predates Genesis, but we'll keep it short here).

I suspect that "Adam," which roughly translates to "mankind," probably got into trouble after toying with his own DNA (The Tree of the knowledge of good and evil), and wound up introducing so many flaws that you get, well--us. Of course I have no idea and this is all very wild conjecture, but going down this road is fun at a minimum even if you do have to sidestep plenty of hard scientific principles to get very far.

Soul

**ButterflyWoman** · 16th June 2012, 10:58 AM

There are plenty of mythologies as to where/how humans were created, not just the Bible. In fact, the study of cross-cultural creation myths is really interesting (and I was just listening to a lecture on this very thing, comparing the Babylonian myth with the Biblical creation account).

Evolution does not propose that "humans came from apes". That's a big misunderstanding. The theory proposes that humans evolved from some very ancient "apelike" ancestor, from which, possibly, some other apes also evolved, all over the course of millions of years. Humans share 99% of their DNA with chimpanzees, so it's not as far fetched as all that, but nobody seriously thinks that humans evolved from chimpanzees, or gorillas, or any other living/known primate.

As for the answer, I don't know, and I don't really much care. I know a lot of theories, scientific, pseudo-scientific, mythical, symbolic, and on and on, and it's all very interesting, but at the end of the day, it's just more questions.

**Barry** · 16th June 2012, 12:42 PM

I concur with ButterflyWoman. I think the evolution theory is the correct one.

**SoulSail** · 16th June 2012, 01:48 PM

And I concur that "...at the end of the day, it's just more questions."

And really, would having the answers do much? Do answers ever make us fitter, happier, or wiser? If we knew that some clan of beings on a distant star cooked us up in their kitchen and threw us out like a bad batch of goo, would our lives be radically changed one hour after realizing the truth?

Maybe, but I doubt it.

Soul

**Sinera** · 16th June 2012, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by SoulSail

If we knew that some clan of beings on a distant star cooked us up in their kitchen and threw us out like a bad batch of goo, would our lives be radically changed one hour after realizing the truth?

Not for me either. And who or what is "us" anyway? The problem is that some who might be disturbed by this theory identify themselves too much with being human(kind). After all, we're all souls and consciousness making experiences in matter.

And maybe we as humans are just experimenters IN the field while other experimenters (ETs, god(s)?) plan(ned), observe, control and influence the experiment from the OUTside in cooperation, maybe we even switch roles from time to time?

- "Hey, Alf, let me go in there the next time while you watch over me and collect the data."
- "Ok, Spock, yeah, let's take turns from now on. Have fun if you can."
- "Thanks, take care."
- "Yeah, See ya."

Hence we're probably all experimenters as well as experiencers.

**ButterflyWoman** · 16th June 2012, 03:07 PM

Originally Posted by SoulSail

If we knew that some clan of beings on a distant star cooked us up in their kitchen and threw us out like a bad batch of goo [...]

Hang on. Wasn't that an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation?

**SoulSail** · 16th June 2012, 06:01 PM

Originally Posted by ButterflyWoman

Hang on. Wasn't that an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation?

Yeah, probably. I don't know because I don't watch TV, but there's really nothing new under the sun is there?

Oh wait, everything under the Sun is new. Always. Sorry, Solomon. No offense, but I beg to differ.

Soul

**heliac** · 17th August 2012, 02:22 AM

Originally Posted by SoulSail

And I concur that "...at the end of the day, it's just more questions."

And really, would having the answers do much? Do answers ever make us fitter, happier, or wiser? If we knew that some clan of beings on a distant star cooked us up in their kitchen and threw us out like a bad batch of goo, would our lives be radically changed one hour after realizing the truth?

Maybe, but I doubt it.

Soul

Some people find the discovery/learning process involved in thinking critically very rewarding. I imagine it makes them feel like they are capable of understanding more than they did prior to asking questions. I would even go so far as to say that some people make understanding a main purpose in their lives. So when you say, it's just more questions, to you it may be just more questions, to others it is an energizing ongoing journey of discovery.