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Originally Posted by boxcar
The best you evolutionists can do is offer a lot of conjecture on how earliest man managed to overcome all these obstacles to not only survive but thrive.
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First of all, are you aware that there have been at least 15 to 20 different species of "man"? So when you say "early man" you are not referring to us (modern man). We are not from that species. You need to be more specific.
The earliest documented Genus Homo lived 2.8 Million years ago, called Homo Habilis. This is NOT our species but a cousin like Neanderthal. The brains of these early hominins were about the same size as that of a Chimpanzee. And there is evidence of even them using stone tools 2.8 Millions years ago, so they weren't totally defenseless.
We are Homo Sapiens and we are the only surviving species of the Genus Homo. We started appearing approximately 200,000 years ago.
Our species cousins did not die out from being eaten to extinction. It is considered that disease, climate change, natural disasters, etc are possible reasons for their extinction but nobody sites the claims you make, that they were eaten to extinction.
Homo erectus survived until 70,000 years ago, and some scholars believe that the Toba eruption in Indonesia may have wiped them out.
Neanderthal man, who disappeared around 39,000 years ago are speculated to have disappeared due to glacial periods and/or competition from Homo Sapiens. Homo Sapiens lived in large connected groups where as Neanderthals who were superior to Homo Sapiens lived in smaller groups. There was strength in numbers.
Homo floresiensis are also speculated to have disappeared due to competition from Homo Sapiens.
There is also records of prehistoric era that before Homo Sapiens appeared, certain large stone age animals became extinct due to other species of man over hunting them.
Point is by the time we started appearing as Homo Sapiens, we were well equipped to defend ourselves due to the seasoning of our ancestral cousins for over 2 million years
The only species that we know that became extinct was from man or one of his cousin species or natural disasters. There is no record of an animal causing an extinction to any of the 15 to 20 different species of man.
I understand you citing the Bible regarding "beasts" eating early humans as prey. And scientist agree man was prey to an extent historically. But neither scientists nor the Bible say there was a threat of extinction due to that.
