What is the origin of man?
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According to Darwin, it's due to the accumulation of random point mutations in the genetic code of a primitive ancestor, one that's related to all the great apes. As these mutations accumulated, some individuals were removed from the gene pool (by the death or non-reproductive status of the mutant organism), others showed no change and therefore didn't compete for resources in any improved manner, and lastly, some showed mutations that were beneficial and allowed that individual to reproduce more efficiently (either by more efficient energy usage or mating habits, etc., whatever would give that individual and advantage over it's peers).\n\nThere are other more esoteric theories on evolution/development that may or may not contribute to this process, but Darwin's Theory is the universally accepted one.
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'men descended from women'?\nHey, we are the same specie... no matter the sex. So men cannot 'descend' from women or vice-verse. And having both sexes is a condition that appeared way before humans existed.\nThe belief that women were created after men? we were not created after anything, specially not after men.
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Darwin never claimed that man descended from monkeys.\nIf someone told you that, they were either misinformed, or lying.
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nice philosophical question - the answer is the same as: \nwhich came first:  human being OR spermatozoide??\n\nso it's all a question of talking for hours like policians and never answering the real problematic!
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God created man through His Son Jesus Christ.  We were formed from the Earth and made in God's image.  He then blew the breath of life into us that we became a living being, body and spirit.
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Could you clarify exactly what you mean by origins?
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Darwin's "Origin of Species" barely mentions humans - he knew it was a sensitive subject. Actually all he said was "light would be thrown on the origin of man and his history." He never intended to publish on the evolution of humankind but he got into in his 1871 work "The Descent of Man"  You can read it online:\nhttp://www.infidels.org/library/historical/charles_darwin/descent_of_man/\n\nIn summary he says, "species are the modified descendants of other species."
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Both. God made man, man forgot God, man uses God as a convenient excuse for his desires/actions.
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dunno...\nbut it started with adam and eve...\nbecause of the "man and wife" thing...
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Man did not create God.  God has always been.  He is the one who created the universe and everyone in it including us.
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Okay, first things first. We didn't come from "chimps." Humans and chimpanzees have evolved from a common ancestor, but man is on a different evolutionary step than Bonzo, not a higher one.\n\nObviously, if you accept evolution (which you should, as it makes a whole lot more sense to anyone with an iota of reason), you cannot accept the Adam and Eve myth.\n\nThe competition of the fact of evolution and the theory of creation are mutually exclusive. Adam and Eve did not exist. They are part of a story made up by people with no better way to explain the world around them. It is a sad thing indeed that even in the twenty-first century people still cling to this made up tale.\n\nIf I told you that I had a magic potion that made you invisible, you'd ask for proof. But if some book says that the world was created 6,500 years ago (thousands of years after the Babylonians invented beer!), it is accepted without hesitation.\n\nSo sad. So sad.
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According to the Bible the first man was Adam. In Hebrew the word for man sounds like and may be related to the Hebrew word for ground.
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Since the beginning of mankind.
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Nope! We were created in the image of God.\n\nYou evolved from Neanderthals, probably from the retarded offspring of retarded fishmonkey beaver-things.
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http://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB928_1.html\nhttp://www.talkorigins.org/indexcc/CB/CB928.html\n\nSome brief information there. More explained in Origin of Species for example.
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I am curious as to who the "they" is that you are referring to...\n\nCurrently there are two theories regarding the origins of modern humans, "Multiregional" and "Out of Africa".\n\nThe Africa origin theory is pretty well supported with fossil, artifact (tools, etc.) and DNA evidence, the multiregional origin theory has less evidence (currently) but this should not completely discount it.\n\nThe first link has more on the differences between these, and examines the evidence in more detail. The next two provide some examples of the competitiveness of this debate.\n\nKeep in mind that proponents of either theory are well aware of human evolutionary history and understand that current evidence suggests the first upright primates DID come from Africa (see last link)
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Most people may not understand the message behind your question. \nMankind created God. God did not create Mankind. Period.