Origin of Man
What other theories are there about the origin of man aside from religious Creationism and the theory of evolution?
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There is the Raelian theory that mankind was genetically engineered by space aliens.
Wikipedia: Panspermia
Panspermia is the hypothesis that "seeds" of life exist already in the Universe, that life on Earth may have originated through these "seeds", and that they may deliver or have delivered life to other habitable bodies.
Wikipedia: Red Rain in Kerala
Another hypothesis was proposed in 2003 by Godfrey Louis and A. Santhosh Kumar, two scientists at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, Kerala. Having collected samples of the rainwater at many locations, Louis and Kumar claimed that the red particles did not look like dust but instead appeared to be biological cells. Chemical analyses indicate that they consist of organic material, and so they proposed that the particles may be microbes of extraterrestrial origin.
Enumerate and explain the two theories regarding the origin of man.?
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Origin of man... I assume that you are NOT reffering to the dispersal of Homo sapiens but are questioning what hypothesis there are regarding the evolutionary beginnings of hominids. In as such, there are truly NO theories to explain our orgin, just hypothesis, and there are more then two. One will not become a theory of origin until it stands the test of being empiricaly tested over time and standing up to criticism. None so far has achieved this enough to be given the status of theory.
The earliest hypothesis put forth to explain this was the savanna hypothesis, which became discredited when the archaeological record of hominids showed sites previous to the time of savannas being the primary landscape feature
In: Christianity |[Edit] | |Answer
There is the Raelian theory that mankind was genetically engineered by space aliens.
Wikipedia: Panspermia
Panspermia is the hypothesis that "seeds" of life exist already in the Universe, that life on Earth may have originated through these "seeds", and that they may deliver or have delivered life to other habitable bodies.
Wikipedia: Red Rain in Kerala
Another hypothesis was proposed in 2003 by Godfrey Louis and A. Santhosh Kumar, two scientists at Mahatma Gandhi University in Kottayam, Kerala. Having collected samples of the rainwater at many locations, Louis and Kumar claimed that the red particles did not look like dust but instead appeared to be biological cells. Chemical analyses indicate that they consist of organic material, and so they proposed that the particles may be microbes of extraterrestrial origin.
Enumerate and explain the two theories regarding the origin of man.?
• 1 year ago
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Origin of man... I assume that you are NOT reffering to the dispersal of Homo sapiens but are questioning what hypothesis there are regarding the evolutionary beginnings of hominids. In as such, there are truly NO theories to explain our orgin, just hypothesis, and there are more then two. One will not become a theory of origin until it stands the test of being empiricaly tested over time and standing up to criticism. None so far has achieved this enough to be given the status of theory.
The earliest hypothesis put forth to explain this was the savanna hypothesis, which became discredited when the archaeological record of hominids showed sites previous to the time of savannas being the primary landscape feature