[BroJoeK]

entropy12: "Bogus report. World was created only 4000 years ago!"

Verginius Rufus: "No, 6016 years ago."

Nifster: "not homo sapien
MAY be related to our line (that also means may not be)"

Science has dozens of different methods for dating ancient materials.
When several of them produce converging results -- as is the case here -- that is as close as science can ever get to the truth of a matter.
Judeo-Christian traditions, and most denominations today, have long recognized such scientific findings as valid.

Homo Rudolfensis, circa 2.0 million years ago:

As for who begat whom -- there are several known ancient pre-human homo species, sub-species, etc., any one of which may, or may-not, have been our direct ancestors.
No way to tell, so far.

But there are also a growing number of more recent fossils sometimes identified as sub-species of homo sapiens, including:

• Neanderthals (Europe & Asia)
• Denisovians (Siberia)
• Florensians ("hobbits" Indonesia)
• Idaltus (Etheopia)
• Red Deer Cave People (China)

Among some of these there is DNA evidence of relatively recent interbreeding, if not direct ancestry.

[Nifster]

and I understand Genesis to mean that mankind since Adam are God created….

most of the rest of this type of reporting reminds me of the days of Nebraska man….. perhaps you are aware of that silliness?

[Nifster]

and just for the record having scientific ‘consensus’ leads to such notions as anthropomorphic global warming (aka man made climate change).

The evolutionary sciences keep trying to find ways to explain that which does not exist in their evidence set. That is not a scientific approach in any field.

I don’t really care what the ‘denominations’ accept as scientific findings.

Try reading the Screw Tape Letters for reference

[entropy12]

Of course, “Lucy in the sky with Diamonds” is all the proof I need lol...