Evolutionary Creationism and Atonement Theology, Part 1: Why We Need A Historical Fall | The BioLogos Forum

[DougK]

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The time frame for the GLF needs much more archeological evidence to be solidified. The work at Blombos suggests that there may have been a ‘running start’ to the leap. (Although GLF is an oversimplification, it still may be a useful term for discussion.) And the species Homo may have made more than one ‘excursion’ Out of Africa, as noted by Tattersall in Ch. 7 ('Masters of the Planet"): ‘Out of Africa and Back’.

Yes, the more I search, the more I see two lines of scientific thought on the emergence of behavioral modernity: National Geographic and Behavioral modernity - Wikipedia show the idea of a it appearing suddenly 50,000 years ago, followed by an immediate “out of Africa” migration. (This provides a solution to my concern about it happening before the out of Africa migration.) Both articles point out the other theory which has a much earlier appearance in Africa. As you said, it could be that there was a ‘running start’ to the leap. Certainly, there was not a consistent, continuous appearance of modernity until at least 50,000 years ago.

At any rate, it would be a big mistake at this time to get wedded to a too specific time period or to any other non-essential aspects of the theory.
DougK