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Genesis does have a reference to when there were "still giants in the land," in the days of Noah before the flood. I've wondered if this could be a reference to an overlap between the family of Adam and pre-Adam homo sapiens.3.246 Of course, just the words "pre-Adam homo sapiens" brings out the religious fervor some folks,
both in my church and in other religions. After all, LDS scriptures includes a
phrase regarding how "the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground" and
how man became "the first flesh upon the earth,"3.247 which most in the church interpret as a statement of chronology. This despite the fact the word "first" in the phrase "First Presidency of the LDS Church" is a hierarchical rather than a chronological designation.which most in the church interpret as a statement of chronology. This despite the fact the word "first" in the phrase "First Presidency of the LDS Church" is a hierarchical rather than a chronological designation.
In addition to teaching us life reproduces "after its own kind," the scriptures do specify there
are different kinds of flesh. In his epistle on the resurrection, Paul specifies all flesh is not the same flesh.3.248 He starts of with describing how the seeds we sow becomes grain or wheat,
and then differentiates between fish, birds, beasts, and men. With all of our scientific knowledge, none of us expect to see a fish mate with a bird, nor a bird with a beast, nor a beast with men and women, and even if this were possible,
we do not expect to see offspring, especially offspring which reproduce. This is an alternative way of stating the fact, different forms of life each reproduces "after their own kind," or within their own species.
I learned animals reproduce after their own kind growing up around Hereford cattle (see Figure 60). My only source of income during in High School was from showing and selling a Hereford steer at the Iron County Livestock Show the weekend after Labor Day each fall from about 1962 through 1967. This was a family tradition. My Mom had Grand Champion steers when she was growing up. Grandpa Hafen raised and sold purebred Hereford bulls. His father, Adolph Hafen, was a fruit farmer in Santa Clara, west of St. George, Utah, and Grandpa wanted something different. So he went down on the Arizona Strip, between the Grand Canyon and the Utah border, caught and wrestled down and branded wild cattle, and this is
how he got his start in the cattle business. Over time he traded his cattle, and eventually specialized in raising purebred Hereford bulls.
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