Ancient Humans Had Sex with Mystery Relatives
Posted: Thu Dec 05, 2013 9:32 pm
This topic probably would have fit better in the OT section but then it was kind of a science idea as related to the problems before the flood.
First, here's an article that I found from Matt's link on the dinosaur which was swallowed by a mammal;
http://www.livescience.com/41610-ancient-human-sex.html
The article starts off with the following:
I guess there are some simpler explanations than to imagine various forms of humans in these accounts. I think I heard that "sons of God" may have been descendants of Caleb whereas the "daughters of men" were of Cain.
First, here's an article that I found from Matt's link on the dinosaur which was swallowed by a mammal;
http://www.livescience.com/41610-ancient-human-sex.html
The article starts off with the following:
What I have in mind here is the idea that the OT presents a few cryptic passages of interest. There is this passage Gen 6:2-3A new, improved sequencing of ancient human relative genomes reveals that Homo sapiens didn't only have sex with Neanderthals and a little-understood line of humans called Denisovans. A fourth, mystery lineage of humans was in the mix, too.
and in Num 13:33the sons of God saw that the daughters of man were attractive And they took as their wives any they chose. (ESV)
So these passages seem to suggest some variant human-compatible beings which intermingled with other people. The discussion of a "line of humans" and a "mystery lineage" sparked my imagination that there could be interrelationship of ideas between what scripture described and what these scientists found."We saw the Nephilim there (the descendants of Anak come from the Nephilim). We seemed like grasshoppers in our own eyes, and we looked the same to them.
I guess there are some simpler explanations than to imagine various forms of humans in these accounts. I think I heard that "sons of God" may have been descendants of Caleb whereas the "daughters of men" were of Cain.