A Layman's Theories on Human Creation

At this point, there are those that may feel offended by some of this language. If so, they have my apologies. Perhaps the words have sounded harsh at certain points, but this is not the intention. These institutions have greatly enhanced human lives in many ways. They are not the enemy. The words are not in accusation, they are only innocent questions. Being offended by these questions and refusing to acknowledge them only denies communication, discussion and enlightenment. They may be ignorant, but they are questions that deserve positive answers, not theories or faith. The questions raised are in peace, with an intention that you may at least consider the idea that ancient astronauts are possible. It does not mean having to abandon everything we believe to merely consider it. It is just a suggestion that leads to a plausible alternative explanation, by integrating both viewpoints to theorize one. It is not a new idea, and not the first time an opinion such as this expressed. Nor will it likely be the last, as technical advances open our eyes to new possibilities. In any event, we are only at the very beginning of our story. There is so much more to cover. This is the theory so far. Long ago, an advanced civilization visited earth. Whether their intent was to colonize, or another purpose, they most likely constructed a center of operations somewhere on the planet. At some point in time, they decided to create human beings. Why they chose to do this is unknown. It may be that it was the original intent all along, or an afterthought in a desire to have servants. Another possibility is that our creation was out of necessity, but for whatever reason they decided to create us.

Did they make a mud pie and mold it into a likeness of them? Then did they wave their hands over it and recite some magic words? If this sounds sarcastic, it is not the intention. It is to reveal that the many stories of creation around the world have a tendency to sound vague and mystical at times. Most myths or religious legends derive from information that is second hand, or descriptions from people who did not understand what they saw. There is a wide range of variation in ancient stories of human creation. Most believe that man is the creation of God, made from the dust of the earth. God took a rib from man and created woman from it. This is the common belief among Jews and Gentiles. Some South American cultures believed that humans were created from down below in the underworld, which is interestingly similar to the Sumerian belief. The Sumerians are one of the first great ancient civilizations to emerge at the end of the agricultural or Neolithic era around 3,000 BC. The Greek and Egyptian cultures coincidently also began at this time. As for the Sumerians a few artifacts and their mythology is all that remains, and all that we know of them. According to the accepted timeline, the Sumerians' version of the human creation story is one of the very first. Their version tells of a goddess who desires to create beings for the purpose of domestic help. The goddess is the leader's wife, and she covertly does the task without his knowledge. Needing help, she uses her influence to coerce another god into stealing the secret to create humans. The two set off to a cave hidden from sight. The first attempt is a disaster. The two cohorts decide to have some wine while creating the being, getting drunk in the process. The first result is utterly useless, and the creature is disposed of. The goddess blames the other for his stupidity and takes over on the next try. Now hung over, they create a second being that is better, but just as useless. It is set loose on its own to survive. Finally, with clear heads they create a satisfactory human being. The two eventually confess to the deed and the story continues on, but there are several points that stand out.

First, you can recognize a human emotion and reaction, the desire to have a thing of comfort and obtaining it by any methods possible. Greek mythology reveals many human characteristics in their gods as well. If an advanced race created humans, it appears that we inherited some of their gene pool in the process. This may be a clue to specifics about our creation. Another thing we notice in the Sumerian creation is that gods appear to enjoy having a good time, another similarity with the gods of Greek mythology. This tendency to socially leisure and enjoy mind-numbing substances apparently points to another inheritance. Finally, one wonders about the second failed attempt. Even though I am not one of them, but some can make an argument this explains global sightings of bipedal creatures in the wilderness. I will not say the familiar names because that is not the point of this analysis. The point is that whatever the human creation myth may be, almost every civilization did, and still do believe that we were created. It matters not whether they come from Asia, the Americas or Africa the story is still the same, someone came here and made us. Could it be that the procedure in achieving this fantastic miracle required a portion of their DNA? The process may have also needed an acceptable specimen from our planet. It might have even been more of a modification than an actual creation. They may have required a living, and still evolving creature from earth. 'From the dust' may just simply mean the evolutionary point at which they found the specimen. This also indicates that a missing link does not exist. It also explains the sudden emergence of our ancestors.

A rethinking of evolutionary theory in regards to humans is required. This will help us to explain a couple of unanswered questions. Evolution makes perfectly good sense until we reach the subject of humans around 200,000 years ago. According to scientific evolution, new mutations evolve from need. For example, longer necks and eyes near the top of the skull slowly evolve, allowing an animal to become a better hunter. In other words, evolution only gives an animal what it requires to survive, even if it is a mutation. Lions did not receive from evolution four-foot necks, and huge eyes in anticipation of some future prey. With this in mind, we turn to the question of human brains. Humans only use around ten to fifteen percent of our actual brain capacity. This is scientific fact. So why did our brains evolve more than what was needed? Chance mutation is convenient, but not a satisfactory answer. Could it be the result of a DNA modification? It makes sense. An advanced race would no doubt be using all of their mental capacity. Their brains would be fully functional. If a portion of their DNA was required to create our ancestors, it could have affected the size of their brains. Perhaps they have the ability to control brain capacity. It brings to mind the tree of knowledge in Eden. However the story occurred, apparently they decided that humans could not be trusted. They may have implemented comprehension limitations into the process. A safety device if you will, in case anything went wrong. Why create a potential rival?

Our life span could have also served as a safety device. Did our creators have control over this? Human life averages about eighty, to one hundred years. To an immortal, this is the blink of an eye. They undoubtedly would know that there was enough room in human brains to eventually evolve. Our short lives would hinder any potential threat to them. Controlling how long we live would prevent our abnormal evolution from progressing too quickly. This makes for a more manageable situation. In ancient times humans are said to live for hundreds of years, at least some of the more prominent ones anyway. Science tells us that these are merely miscalculations in ancient timekeeping. Maybe, but in these religious stories their long lives are unusual, even in their time. Their children slowly lose this longevity with each new generation. Is it possible that the immediate side effect of using their DNA caused longer life in humans? Once the affected human rebred with others, the DNA would lose its effectiveness. As more interbreed, their lives would become shorter, just as documented in religious texts. Is this a control mechanism? Humans obviously retained the ability to reproduce. Our creators would know this and realize we would eventually outnumber them, especially if they could no longer reproduce themselves. It may have meant extra time continuously retraining servants, but we would quickly die before we became too smart for our own good. Maybe increased DNA dosage could even extend human life, a promise often heard in all religions.

This would completely dismiss the notion of a missing link. It is probably the reason why it is so hard to find one. Even if science were to present some bones and prove it, would they point to only one specimen? Let us recall the now famous set of bones named Lucy, poor lonely Lucy. It seems that Lucy's village cast her out, and she died aimlessly roaming in the wilderness. No one can find Lucy's village or others of her kind. Nevertheless, she represents a whole society of sub humans. On the other hand, bones of dinosaurs found near ancient watering holes are more common. Sometimes they find several species in one location. Dinosaurs are older than humans, and many of their bones and fossils lie in all parts of the world. If there is a missing link, the bones should be easy to find. Naturally, we assume that they will present us with more than one set of bones. Evolution may have played a large role in our development, but the sudden emergence of a new being is better explained by intervention, not a missing link. There is no proof of this, just as there are no satisfactory answers to our existence. The idea of what any religion calls 'human creation' becomes scientifically plausible.

How they created humans is not the issue. The idea that an advanced race could possibly have lived here first is the important idea this reveals. It brings us to question the 190,000 years humans were supposedly doing nothing but living in caves. If we accept that an advanced race visited this planet and created us, then they must have been doing something for 190,000 years until the Neolithic era. If you go by mythology, they were just enjoying life. For the most part humans apparently did not enter their minds. So what were humans doing? It could be possible that they trained some humans for labor and service duties. This brings up another question. Why did they come in the first place? If their purpose was to simply create an evolutionary experiment, why did they do nothing after creation? It does not seem likely they would have waited 190,000 years to finally implement a human educational program. If we were merely a scientific experiment, they would not have wasted thousands of years inspiring myths of their soap-operatic lives, then wake up one day and get around to teaching humans self-sufficiency. They would have let the experiment run its course and left in an orderly fashion. They would not have hung around, built grand cities and partied, as the ancient legends indicate. This leads one to believe that their intention was to establish a colony. Just how many ancient astronauts were there? A colony may possibly equate to less than a hundred, maybe more. So why was there a need to create humans? Considering that colony members were male and female, the likely expectation would be to let nature run its course. Eventually the population would grow. There would be no need to create human beings. So why bother with it?

Did they need slaves? Perhaps it was necessary to create humans for domestic help, as the Sumerian story indicates. On the other hand you would think that the colony would be properly prepared, and not require such luxuries. Could it be that something went wrong during the course of their mission, making creation a necessity? Many ancient texts contain stories of gods having sex with humans, usually females. Besides lust, is there another reason? Infertility might be an answer. Did the gods somehow become infertile? Could the new environment have caused an unexpected physical side effect? Without a growing population, the likeliness of colony expansion would grow dim, and their mission would be at risk. If the planet affected them why did they not just leave, or call for help? It could be possible that the colonists were stuck on earth. If they were, was it intentional or by accident? Either way, the stranded colony would have faced two dilemmas. They had no means to leave the solar system, and lacked the ability to reproduce in numbers themselves. Creating humans make a likely solution to the problem. It may have served the purpose while waiting for their rescue, or to be relieved. Our physical similarity with them may have even tempted some to sample the merchandise. So it is more likely that human creation was out of need, for whatever reason.

Using the evolutionary timeline in combination with religious myths can possibly explain our existence, and why they stayed around after the creation. It could be that they had no choice, temporarily at least. This indicates that for at least 200,000 years humans may have coexisted with our creators. We again turn to legends for evidence of this. In early mythological legends, it was all about the gods. How they lived, what they said and what they did. Mere humans are insignificant unless it involves interacting with them. It is not until later that humans become the center of the story. This fits in with the accepted timeline. Were we living in caves and chasing wild animals in the shadow of an advanced people? Next, we will turn our attention and examine this possible coexistence.