period, a near extinction!
The near extinction of the Human race on the planet has been referred to by some as, the 'Hourglass Effect'. That is to say, if you consider individual Beings to be one grain of sand in a hourglass, only a small number can pass through the narrow neck of the hourglass in a certain period of time before the neck is closed and the remainder expire.
So few of the genetically different individuals survived, thus the diverse genetic makeup of the Human population on this planet was drastically reduced. Today there are only about forty to fifty thousand separate, unique, genetic lines in all of the world’s population. A person can accurately say they are a close relative to about one of every fifty thousand people they meet in the world. When the genetic line is traced back through thousands of generations, almost all end at the beginning of Human-kind on this planet, in southeastern Africa. All of mankind's roots on this world began in the one isolated area, every person's originating family tree, our 'one tribe'.
A little over sixty four thousand years ago, almost all of the surviving Humans started to migrate north out of Africa as a last ditch effort to survive as a species, chasing the rains and animals of that time thus becoming nomads, the same as the Neanderthals had done previously. They migrated north onto the European continent and east onto the Asian continent. Humanoids coexisted during that brief time period with the last of the Neanderthals, who overlapped with Humans by about thirty two thousand years on the European and Asian continents.
As stated earlier, most anthropologist believe modern man is a close relative of Neanderthal 'man', or from another previous species of a man-like Hominid creature. Still others believe that mankind as we know him today is a distant relative of early apes. However, anthropologist have never been able to make the jump from any ape like creature to Homo-sapiens, they propose this link from ape to man as the missing link (41).
Although there was some inter-breeding between Humanoids and Neanderthals (leave it to the sexual drive of Humans), Homo-sapiens are a pure breed and a separate species from all other 'man-like' creatures that have existed on this planet or anywhere else in the Universe. Any resulting offspring from these unlikely meetings (between Humanoids and Neanderthals) were infertile, such as the resulting offspring of a horse and a donkey (mule) and were unable to reproduce. These offspring quickly died out, as did the last of the Neanderthal species some twenty six thousand years ago. Did these creatures (Neanderthals) just naturally die out, or were they made extinct by mankind?
Most anthropologist believe Neanderthals were unable to compete with the smarter, more robust Humans for food and protection. As with the advent of Humanoids in Africa, the arrival of Humans on the European continent slowly drove the last of the Neanderthals further north and ultimately to their extinction.
The extinction of the Neanderthals was a result of several factors; including their lack of hunting techniques and weapons as compared to Humans, their inability to fend off new viruses carried by Humans, and the inability to adjust (evolve) as a species to the changing climate they were driven into.
Early Homo-sapiens on the European continent have been referred to as Cro-Magnon man. Scientist have called early man Cro-Magnon (42) because of the physical resemblance to modern man. Recent genetic testing has shown that modern man is genetically linked to Cro-Magnon man (Cro-Magnon was early Homo-sapiens). Like other species on this world and throughout the Universe, mankind has evolved from his early beginnings (Cro-Magnon man) and will continue to evolve as a species. I wonder what Humans will look like fifty thousand years from now on this planet, that is assuming he survives as a species on this world.
Early forms of 'man-like' animals on this planet; IE Neanderthals, Homo-erectus etc., had no soul, they were as the rest of the beast on this planet, simply a complex life form as are all beast on this planet today (sorry, your dog has no soul), and as all beast that have been created throughout the Universe since time began.
This is not to say that 'beast' are not cunning or intelligent, just that they are not an Entity such as you are. Any creature with a large brain can think and learn from experience the consequences of an action. A dog for instance, 'learns' from its master when it has done something the master does not approve of. The major difference between an Entity and a beast is that the Entity knows what is the right or wrong thing to do before a thought is acted on. You can have the most loving of pets, but once that pet is put into an environment such as going feral in the wild, they revert to their basic instincts and will show no remorse (conscience) for their actions, such as the 'pack mentality' of a group of feral dogs. Many people believe their pet does have a soul, but unfortunately they are wrong. Where would you like to stop the Salesian of souls? At a mouse, a cockroach, a tree, bacteria, these are all living things, they all consist of essence and DNA but all are without a soul!
Before any action is accomplished by an Entity, they always know what is right or wrong, unlike an animal or beast that has no conscience or long term logic. Your life is not pre-destined, you have free will to make your own life choices and these choices ultimately determine your destiny.
Humanoids have evolved over the last two hundred thousand years on this planet in both physical appearance and in scientific knowledge. All living species (man, beast and floral life alike) evolve and adapt to their environment, or go extinct. This evolution is quite evident by the different races of Humans on the planet today because of isolation in varying climatic regions. Facial features as well as skin pigment differ from one side of the world to the other, most differences are a result of several factors including; climate, the types of food consumed and the different gene pools of the isolated societies of early mankind.
Genetically all Humans are alike with only slight gene differences based on their lineage. The gene differences are what afford the differences in physical appearance and in some cases subjectivity to certain diseases. The DNA of a Human is about ninety eight percent that of a chimpanzee, but that doesn't mean we are related, as a matter of fact, all life forms share between twenty and ninety nine percent of the same chromosomes in their DNA.
As Human's migrated out of Africa, small groups went in different directions as the ice in the north began to retreat. Some of these group's migrations were isolated from the others on the 'mainland' by the rising oceans as the ice melted and eventually covered the natural ice and land bridges. These isolated groups evolved differently from their direct ancestors in Europe primarily because of their isolated gene pool and physical climate. The last continent to be occupied by Homo-sapiens was the Americas, a little over fourteen thousand years ago.
As ancient societies became isolated from cultures other than their own 'tribe', time passed and from generation to generation the teachings and stories of 'other' Humans on this world became little more than a 'myth', as later generations had never seen anyone outside of their own tribe.
Over time, the belief in these isolated tribes was that they were the only people on Earth, and they were at the center of all the stars in the sky, 'anthropocentric' (43). Later with the advent of early technology, IE domestication of horses, camels and ship building, man was for the first time (since the end of that ice age) able to explore easily beyond his local physical boundaries. This exploration brought different societies and races together for the first time in many thousands of years. Not only were there cultural differences (relationships between men and women, beliefs in superstition and 'gods') but also different physical appearances (Angelo, Mongoloid, Negro etc.) and language barriers that made communication very difficult as each culture had developed their own language. Without exception, there was distrust of these 'foreign' people, IE their motives, their strange beliefs, and most importantly the breeding with their women.
As stated before, the adaptation of the Human species to different climates on the planet has led to varying physical appearance, that is to say for example, the European colonist lived in a much
cooler and wetter climate than those who survived in Africa. The cooler northern climate of the European continent afforded less direct sunlight, not allowing the body to absorb the vitamin D needed for continued life. The natural evolution of the Europeans allowed the skin pigment to lighten, as compared to those who survived in Africa, to offset the less direct sun's rays. These differences between cultures made all parties defensive and intrusting of those other 'strange Humans' (not much has changed in today's world).
It is of particular interest why a race of people on one side of this world are discriminated against by a race of people living in another part of the world, solely based on their skin pigment or facial features. As stated earlier, you are directly related to all other people in all parts of the world. To discriminate against your 'brother' on the other side of the world or even someone living next door to you because of slight genetic differences is not rational. As I have said, through DNA sampling, almost all of humanities family lines can be traced back to the beginning of mankind on this planet, to our very roots in southeastern Africa, even though the genetic pool