The first literal, historic person in the Bible is Abraham. Scientifically, the way speciation occurs is with a long separation from the main population. This happens to Abram who is called out from his kindred. This is an act of creation by the Word of the Lord:
- Gen 12:1 Now the Lord had said to Abram: “Get out of your country, from your family and from your father’s house, to a land that I will show you.
The land he was sent out from was Ur of the Chaldeans, and sent to Canaan.
Ur means “light” and Chaldea means “breast, or protecting spirit”
Canaan means “humbled or subdued”
It doesn’t seem that Abraham was sent somewhere better than where he was, but is similar to how Adam was sent out of the Garden. Abraham was sent out of a safe, protected space to be tested for a higher calling.