neanderthal was not a beast of the field, adam was created in the image of God himself. now, this is extrabiblical but i challenge you to show me that adam only lived in 3 dimensions. there is no such thing in an evolving earth. you either take the word of God for what it says, for it says what it means. it was meant for a child to understand. you don't need a secular degree in science as they think about it to understand God's word. Gods word remains the same, science keeps changing to accomodate what they discover. you say the days of creation were longer than 24 hours- and you will play the card that a day is a 1000 to the Lord, but i challenge you......where does you faith in the Word begin and end. Psalm 138.....'He magnifies His Word above His name'. I'm asking you next, which of the next miracles my Lord performed that you don't believe in. How about water from the rock in the wilderness- wouldn't you agree that that act is a little beyond logic and the laws of physics, and what the world is teaching. The world will never believe that Moses struck a rock and water came forth, I question if you do. So I question your faith in the Word generally. I suppose next you'll tell me that the Angel of passover didn't pass over. In other words, when you start allegorize the Word of God, you diminish His work, you diminish the semantics and open the door for heresy. You need insects to pollinate vegetation. Following the rules of logic, it's impossible to create vegetation over an undisclosed amount of time, when the insects were created on a different "day'. In other words, Genesis becomes problematic over and over and over again. You may as well throw it out. Where does that stop. What is the next book you will cleave from the collection of the Holy Spirit. If you start this process, what else will you cleave from the Bible. You can make a 'Logical explanation' for anything you want to discredit or diminish in the Bible. I, on the other hand, believe in a God of Miracles. The six days of creation were just the start. Man's redemptive plan is the real miracle.