(June 13, 2023 at 6:49 pm)BrianSoddingBoru4 Wrote:(June 13, 2023 at 3:48 pm)R-Farmer Wrote: Two things I personally believe the ark story happened further back than what most people understand. far enough back that the animals on the ark may not be recognized today. Which means Noah did not need to have today's zoological catalog on board. but rather some of the ancestors to what we have today. so instead of opossums and Koalas maybe all Noah needed was whatever their common ancestor was.
Koalas and wombats diverged from their common ancestor roughly 40 MYA. Are you suggesting that humans with boat building skills are older than that?
Boru
Forgive him, his ancestorS diverged from wombats much less than 40 MYA.