A few points worth mentioning about Genesis are as follows:
The biblical Creation story is merely a reinterpretation of much earlier Sumerian texts. In the Atra Hasis and others, we find a detailed account of how “the gods” came to Earth and mixed their genes with ape-men.
The name “Adam” refers not to one specific man but instead to the human race as a whole.
The Adam were put in the garden of Eden (the fertile region of Mesopotamia) to “dress it and keep it” (till the soil for their heavenly masters).
The fall of Man was a slave rebellion supported by one of the two competing superhuman leaders (Lucifer). When it succeeded, humans were given the ability to reproduce and their first civilization.
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