Homo sapiens Did Not Learn to Cook Food in the Garden of Eden
The link below is from ASOR, American Society for Oriental Research, and their newsletter "Ancient Near East Today." The link talks about archaeological research into when Homo sapiens and the ancestor Homo erectus and other Homos began to control fire and cook their food. It's a good short presentation on the consensus of human development. https://www.livescience.com/archaeology/when-did-humans-start-cooking-food It has to do with our understanding and application of Genesis 1-4. Hermeneutics is the branch of knowledge that defines how we interpret the Bible. Do we take those chapters literally and as genuine history? Are we falling away from Jesus or failing God if we take them metaphorically and plumb them for the theological message therein? Here's the thing. I think I've written about this before, but it's worth a refresher. I didn't learn this in church. I read those 4 chapters from 1965 ...