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Chapter 1 · Ancient
Man
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Adam and Eve When we look to the beginning of history - we see that the cradle of mankind was the Middle East and not Africa, as this was the place where Adam and Eve first lived. There has only been one human race and the out of Africa theory, for the human race is wrong. Adam and Eve had children and grandchildren and the human population increased and moved to new areas. They lived on a beautiful earth with an incredible variety of plants, birds, animals, dinosaurs and sea creatures. There were more species and a greater genetic diversity at that time. The book of Enoch mentions large creatures living before the flood, which could be a description of dinosaurs. |
Our Ancestors
Humans had clothing, kept domestic animals, grew crops, lived in tents,
played musical instruments and worked in bronze and iron. Tubal who was
an expert in war and very strong, invented the art of making brass. A metal
hammer was found in deposits said to be 435 million years old by evolutionists
at London in Texas USA. This preflood deposit had no carbon in it, which
means it was made by a different process from that used today. It was not
made from meteorite material.
In 1944 Newton Anderson claimed to have found a bell inside a lump
of coal that was mined near his house in West Virginia. When Newton dropped
the lump it broke, revealing a bell encased inside. What was a brass bell
with an iron clapper doing in coal that is supposed to be hundreds of millions
of years old? According to Norm Scharbough's book Ammunition (which
includes a compilation of many such “coal anecdotes”) the bell was extensively
analyzed at the University of Oklahoma and it was found to contain an unusual
mixture of metals, different from any modern usage. Genesis 4:22 states
that Tubal-Cain was “an instructor of every artificer in brass and iron
. . .” Perhaps when his civilization came to an end in the flood, this
bell was buried with a mass of vegetation that became coal and ended up
thousands of years later in Newton Anderson’s coal bin.
Numerous other such accounts have been recorded, including the intricate gold chain found in coal (Ivan Sanderson’s book Uninvited Visitors) and the cast iron pot found in a coal seam at the Municipal Electric Plant in Thomas, OK (archived at Creation Evidence Museum). |
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Cain
Cain was recorded as the first to plough the ground, while Abel kept
domestic livestock. Trade took place between peoples and they used measures
and weights. Jubal was the musician who invented the flute and harp. However
man was sinful, with Adam’s son Cain committing various crimes, including
the killing of his brother. As time progressed his descendants became increasingly
wicked, as they were involved in warfare and robberies. Eventually Cain
died supposedly when the stones from his house fell on him. Seth’s family,
(the sons of God) were more righteous than Cain’s family, but this changed
as time progressed and the two groups began to mix. Seth’s descendants
were experts in astronomy and during this early period there were priests
and religious activities. Tablets unearthed in the Middle East mention
that there were kings and cities. These tablets mention biblical characters
such as Noah and have flood stories showing the authenticity of the event.
Sinful Man
Illicit sexual relationships led to many being strongly influenced by
demons. These were the giants of the time, the term giant referring to
their fame and influence. Humans though and many creatures living on the
planet were generally larger than their descendants are today. Not only
were humans corrupted by sin, but the animal kingdom became more and more
corrupted. People rebelled against God and were guilty of injustice, sexual
immorality, envy, warfare, violence, idolatry, the worshipping of land
and sea creatures and the heavenly bodies, sodomy, devil worship and the
disrespect of boundaries. God responded by allowing the peoples to fight
each other and he locked up the angel watchers who had been responsible
for much of this, who are being kept for a future judgment. The Bible states
that mankind grieved God and his heart hurt, because mans’ thoughts and
hearts were continually evil. As a result of the sinful state of this planet,
God decided to bring a catastrophic worldwide flood to destroy everyone.
Mankind and most living creatures were to be eliminated.
Noah
Noah was an exceptional man and was righteous and blameless before God.
He was born to Lamech and his wife Betenos in the year about 707 AC (After
Creation). Under God's instructions Noah began to work on the Ark. The
wooden Ark was 450 feet long, 75 feet wide and 45 feet high and was coated
with pitch inside and out. It had a door in the side, had lower, middle
and upper decks and many rooms. The Ark had firm walls, a roof and was
braced with cross beams giving it strength to protect it from strong water
currents. He probably had unbelievers helping him build it and was possibly
the most mocked man on the planet. Using models of the Ark it was found
that it could have withstood 200-foot tidal waves. Its floating, barge-like
design, with no steering gear gave it great stability. The Ark would have
had approximately the same carrying capacity as the Titanic. Two Christian
scientists, Dr. John Whitcomb and Dr. Henry Morris, worked out that the
carrying capacity on the Ark was equivalent to about 130,500 sheep. This
was enough room for the animals living today and for those now extinct.
Noah placed provisions in the Ark for his family and the animals. His three
sons Shem, Ham and Japheth accompanied him on the Ark with their wives.
The wives of the four men were traditionally called ‘Emzara, Na’eltamau’k,
‘Adataneses and Sedeqetelebab. God ordered Noah to take 7 pairs of each
kind of clean animal and 2 of every kind of unclean animal. They also took
seven types of every kind of bird. Noah was obedient to Gods instructions.
Variation of Species
The fossil record shows us the earth is a young planet and confirms the reliability of the book of Genesis. Genetics show that there is a tremendous variation within a species. Recent research has shown that every species has a unique genetic blueprint, as does every individual. Genetically it is impossible for evolution to take place. There are many examples of genetic variation within a species. A Sausage Dog and Great Dane are the same species even though they look so different. Black and white people have the same ancestors and are not different species, as some racists would like us to believe. Animals of different species normally produce hybrids (if they can mate). These hybrids are infertile and will not produce offspring. Great Danes can’t evolve into Persian cats and vice versa. A cat can’t mate with a dog and produce “dats”, as these are different species.
Scientists look desperately for elusive missing links to fit their theories of evolution. There are no missing links for the millions of living creatures, linking them to totally different ancestors. Nor will any ever be found. There is a pride in discovering a new species and so there is a temptation to create a new type of animal on slight physical differences. In taxonomy and paleontology many species are ‘discovered’ when in fact they are simply sub species.
If you are a wildlife lover you will find scientific names of mammals, birds, trees etc. continually change. Many similar wild creatures have never been crossbred to find out whether they are the same species. Evolution believes new species are created all the time from common ancestors, so any slight difference between animals, results in them being classified as a different species. This classifying of animals by ‘how they look’, has led to much confusion. The gazelle, wildebeest and long tail monkey animal families are some examples of this confused animal classification. Instead of one monkey with many variations, we have many monkeys and no one can decide how many of them there are.
There are two important reasons why we should understand this confusion.
The first is the realization that slight variations within a species are
not examples of evolution and secondly Noah didn’t have to take as many
creatures on the Ark as people speculate. In fact Noah took different ‘types’
with him of the different animals as God had instructed. This shows that
God in giving these instructions to Noah knew there was genetic variety
within the animal kingdom. The mention of types of every kind of animal
in the Genesis account shows that God doesn’t agree with the present classification
system. There are fewer species around than we have been taught. Noah didn’t
have to take every type of dog with him, but a few which then produced
the great variety we see in the world today.
Longevity
How is modern man different from those that lived before the flood?
The pre flood environment was undamaged by the flood and this meant people
lived longer and healthier lives. Many lived hundreds of years before they
died. There are clay tablets dug up in the Middle East recording great
ages for the ancients, confirming the Biblical account. This baffles scientists,
as people are not meant to live that long. The ancient historians such
as Josephus are further witnesses to the great ages in our past. After
the flood people still lived long lives, but the ages started to decline.
When the Israelites left Egypt many were still living to an age greater
than 120 years. This explains why Moses and others living with him were
so active after their 80th birthdays.
Variation in humans
Human beings show a tremendous diversity in size, shape, colour, hairiness
etc. There is a definite genetic variety in the humans of those times,
as there is now in the human population. Different names have been given
to the different types of ancient human fossil remains. Neanderthals, Homo
erectus and Cro-Magnon are some of the names given to these peoples. These
are all ancestors of the present human population and all look a little
different from us. A study done recently by American researchers has found
that Neanderthal; Homo erectus, Cro-Magnon and modern man are all genetically
linked.
Neanderthal
The name Neanderthal was given to a badly deformed human fossil found in Germany. This badly deformed person gave people a low opinion of Neanderthal type human remains. The scientific community thought then that Neanderthals were a different species of human being. Since then better specimens have been found in parts of Europe and the Middle East and they have gained more respect. Around the world Neanderthal type features have been found in many pre and post flood human fossils. It has been found that people, who live to great ages, will have skull changes that include a protrusion of the jaw, a retreating frontal, a heavy brow ridge and projecting face, with a longer nose. This meant their skull was different in shape to that of modern humans.
An accompanying sketch shows how the skull grows in elderly people.
This would be exaggerated in those people living to hundreds of years and
would show the Neanderthal skull features. Due to our short life span,
skulls today don’t normally take this shape, which is the shape of a Neanderthal
skull. With the great ages mentioned in the Bible and other old literature,
the people living in early times would have acquired these Neanderthal
features. This explains why modern looking people are found alongside the
Neanderthals. Human fossils have been found on Mt. Carmel in Israel with
a Cro-Magnon Neanderthal mix. Noah and many of his companions probably
had Neanderthal features because of their great ages. Abel didn’t have
these skull features, as he had died young.
Big Cave men
Many of the ancient people were large, although many post-flood European Neanderthals were short. Recent scientific research has shown that these ancient people were 30% bigger than the average modern human being. The skull capacity of these ancients was on average 10% bigger than modern mans. Their skeletons were stronger than the skeletons of modern humans and their bone structure shows extreme strength. Muscle markings on the men, woman and children’s bones - show that they had large muscles and great strength. These ancient humans had bodies similar to world-class athletes in the throwing, wrestling and weight lifting categories. Some of the stone tools they made can be experimentally duplicated, but the wear patterns cannot, as modern humans are not strong enough to do it. The Neanderthal and robust features mentioned above I will now refer to collectively as, ‘early man’ features.
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Graves dating back to the time of ancient Egypt and Sumer have been excavated and have shown people with some of the characteristic ‘early man’ features. Artwork found in Sumer and in the Egyptian Old Kingdom, in paintings and carvings show people with these early man skull shapes. People living in Sumer and Egypt were very civilized, as is shown by the pyramids and other great works of those times. Those living in caves away from civilization were simply backward culturally. We still have people living in caves in some parts of the world, while many people still use stone tools. These modern Stone Age people don’t show that we are in the Stone Age and that modern man is uncivilized and primitive. Abraham’s family was buried in a cave and this was a custom in those early days. This means many of the people with early man features found in caves were simply burials and had not been living in those caves. The point I am trying to make is that - just because someone has a skull shape different to ours, doesn’t mean that they were inferior to us. |
Giants
Some of the people of early times were quite large and are by definition
giants. Goliath was recorded as being about 2.9m in height. Archaeologists
claim they have found the head of Goliath. A mummified head was found in
a mountain cave overlooking the ancient valley of Elah, Northwest of Jerusalem.
The head was almost 35cm high from jaw to crown and 25cm wide from cheekbone
to cheekbone. One member of the American team of archaeologists said the
jaws of the giant looked strong enough to bite through one of the bronze
swords of that time. From the size of the head this man stood between 2.5m
to 2.7m tall and weighed 230kg to 270kg, all bone and muscle. The right
side of the skull showed a fracture of the temple where archaeologists
believe David struck him with a stone. There was a population of these
giants in the Holy Land with the city of Hebron being one of their strongholds.
When the Israelites came out of Egypt and spied on the Promised Land, they
saw them. This explains their fears and why they had felt like grasshoppers
and ended up 40 years in the desert. Josephus the historian said that these
giants had faces that looked different to ours; they were frightening to
look at and had loud voices. In 2 Samuel 21:15-22 the Bible records how
the Israelites killed the other giants in Goliath’s family. David was nearly
killed by one of them and was rescued by Abishai. It seems that this particular
battle caused the Israelites great concern that David could be killed and
he was withdrawn from future battles. Jonathan, David’s brother killed
one giant who had six fingers on each hand and six toes on each foot.
Dinosaur and Human
A huge stone sarcophagus was found in the state of Arizona in the USA,
which held a mummy more than 12 feet tall – with six toes on each foot.
At Lampock ranch in Colorado USA, a skeleton of a man 12 feet tall was
found. In 1949 the Associated Press reported the finding of a giant human
fossil, twice the size of a Gorilla and weighing 1000 pounds. The reference
I have doesn’t tell us the locality where this person was found. Greek
literature is full of mythical giant stories, but there may be some historical
truth behind some of the stories. Human footprints measuring 9, 15.5 and
25.5 inches have been found along the Puluxy River near Glen Rose in Texas
USA. These prints are found with the prints of a large cat and dinosaur.
One human footprint was found only two inches from a dinosaur track, while
six were found in conjunction with dinosaur prints. 12 miles from the Paluxy
footprints a skeleton of a 7-foot tall woman was found. These giants had
lived with dinosaurs in the USA and the prints were found under flood deposited
limestone. Other sites with human and dinosaur footprints include a site
in Russia and about six other sites in North America.
Other Finds
In the late 1950’s, during road construction in the Euphrates Valley
of southeast Turkey, many tombs containing the remains of giants were uncovered.
At the sites some leg bones were measured to be 120 cms (47.24 inches).
Joe Taylor, Director of Mt. Blanco Fossil Museum, was commissioned to sculpt
the human femur. This giant stood some 14-16 ft tall. Deuteronomy 3:11
states that the bed of Og, king of Bashan, was 9 cubits by 4 cubits (approximately
14 ft long by 6 ft wide). In his book Fossils Facts & Fantasies, Joe
Taylor cites several accounts of giant human skeletons being discovered,
from Egypt, Italy, Patagonia in Argentina and the western US. One of the
largest humans in recent history was Robert Wadlow of Alton, IL (who was
just under 9ft tall) and who died in 1940. Although there is no record
in the fossil record of giants having lived in Southern Africa, we do have
fossil human remains and some of these people appear to have died in the
flood. Some of these fossils appear to have early man features mentioned
above and will be covered in later chapters.
The Flood starts
In the year 1307 AC, when Noah was 600, the flood began. The family
entered the Ark on the 1st of the 2nd month until the 16th day. The animals
entered the Ark with his family. God sealed the Ark from the outside on
the evening of the 17th day when the rains came. Not only did heavy rain
fall, but God also caused water to come from under the earth. The book
of Enoch states that water, darkness and mist accumulated on the earth.
It rained for 40 days and 40 nights. The whole earth was covered including
the highest of the mountains. Angels were involved in bringing this judgment
onto the planet. No humans escaped and they couldn’t retreat to higher
elevations. The earth was covered for 150 days and then the water began
to subside in the 7th month. You will notice there is a lot of historical
detail available, showing the Flood is not a myth - rather it is a well
documented event.
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