Let me take a quick shot at this. Like Glen mentioned, this is starting to sound like the Gap theories of Genesis 1. One of the main difference between Glenn, Dick and Phil is where the gap is.
For Dick Adam is neolithic, so the gap between human origins and Adam is before Adam.
For Glenn Adam is ancient and there is a gap somewhere between Adam and Abraham (because in his view Noah has to be ancient also).
And in Phil's view the gap is between Cain and Seth.
Like Glenn said, just moving these gaps around seems arbitrary with not really convincing evidence for them. Some problems with Phil's view as I see it is if Cain is ancient then who is Cain afraid of? And, I think the biblical language is clear that Cain is a neolithic figure, bronze age, and I have a lot of trouble making that stretch from early stone age to bronze age with Cain being symbolic of that line of people.
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