<<Maybe it was the lack of enough people to have the knowledge of the
specialists. Without specialization, there can be no advanced
civilization.>>
Ah, finally! This is an attempt to answer the question. It misses the
point, however, and thus it begins to look to me like there is no answer in
your theory.
Specialization be hanged. Where is the evidence of the human mind and
spirit for 4.5 million years? It's not must a matter of handing down
specialized techniques--it's a matter of a fully human and spiritual being,
such as Noah, DISAPPEARING from the scene for as long as it takes you to
find "evidence" of incipient human capability (you won't call it that, but
that's what everyone else calls it).
<<If everyone on earth is
trying to find food, there is no time to develop these specializations.>>
Uh-huh, and they spent 4.5 million years without any significant advances
in their culture or technique, or anything that even remotely resembled the
culture of Noah.
Do you understand how long 4.5 million years is, Glenn? You expect us to
believe that ape-like creatures, without language or culture, descended
from the sophisticated, God worshipping and communicative culture of Noah?
And sat around for 4.5 million years in virtually the same condition?
<<We both have
only the vaguest notion of how to build a building, build a car, build a
rocket which can go to the moon. Civilization requires specialists.
Specialization of knowledge requires time for study.>>
Modern man's record is of innovation, exploration, daring, accomplishment,
increase. Think of what he has done with spans of tens of thousands of
years. And you want us to believe that the same people who spoke to God and
figured out iron foundries and the like, did squat (except squat) for 4.5
MILLION years?
It's not a matter of patents. It's a matter of MIND. MODERN mind. And your
ancient hominids didn't have it. In the case of a 4.5 million year gap
(this is an astounding number), the absence of evidence is most certainly
evidence of absence.
Jim