Neanderthal man

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I recently heard a commentary from a well-known scripture scholar who answered the question “Who married Cain?”. He responded by stating Adam and Eve had several other children, and that the human family took off from there.

However the next thing he said was unsettling: He stated that his opinion was that Cain may have intermingled with another species around at the same time, for example Neanderthal man. My question is does this not go against Church teaching which states that we are required to believe we are all descended from one set of original parents (Adam and Eve)? How can Neanderthal man or any of their supposed descendants be included in salvation history if they are not decendants of Adam and Eve?

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Scientists actually omitted a study recently showing that Homo Sapiens( Man) supposedly intermingled with the Neanderthals. However that study was inconclusive and just recently they stated that man never intermingled with the other species. However, scientists can and have evidence that they call “Adam” to a one human link in our genes. I can’t recollect the gene or chromosome but they have studies that point to a one human chromosome link that supposedly every human being as.
I don’t personally by into the whole evolution thing. I believe that it is a lie and that the evil one is working over time to try to destroy as many of Gods people before his time runs up…

Peace in Christ Jesus
 
The theory of evolution is not contradicting any revealed truth. I would be cautious of judging it rashly. It is the best theory we have. However people should not treat it as fact until it has been completely proven.

To me, evolution explains how our physical bodies evolved. We did not evolve from apes. Our souls were created by God in his own image. I believe our physical bodies did evolve from apes.

Please correct me if this belief is any kind of heresy. This belief is solely developed based on my reasoning and meditating upon divine truth.
 
Matthias123 said:
The theory of evolution is not contradicting any revealed truth. I would be cautious of judging it rashly. It is the best theory we have. However people should not treat it as fact until it has been completely proven.
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Yes - it has issues here - Eve coming from Adam, Adam and Eve our first parents, bodily immortality, preternatural gifts and infused knowledge. Also dualism is an issue.

Evolution has to answer these revealed truths.
 
There is a distinction between modern Homo Sapiens and Archaic Homo Sapiens. Chances are Adam and Eve were the first Modern Homo Sapiens, and possibly some of their sons married archaic Homo Sapiens. Note that original sin is always said to come from Adam, not Eve, so since all living humans can trace their lineage to Adam, we have all inherited original sin. This is just a theory, though, and can never really be proven.
 
buffalo said:
Yes - it has issues here - Eve coming from Adam, Adam and Eve our first parents, bodily immortality, preternatural gifts and infused knowledge. Also dualism is an issue.

Evolution has to answer these revealed truths.
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Who said the theory of evolution is actually trying to address these specific truths?

I never knew that Eve coming from Adam was a revealed truth. You learn something new everyday.
 
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