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Many creationists firmly believe that the earth cannot be more 6,000 years old. I am not going to discuss the age of the universe but I will discuss the development of civilization on earth.
When was fire domesticated?
“ Here we present evidence of fire-making on a 400,000-year-old buried landsurface at Barnham (UK), where heated sediments and fire-cracked flint handaxes were found alongside two fragments of iron pyrite—a mineral used in later periods to strike sparks with flint.”
ttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09855-6
Fire led very quickly to cooking. The application of fire to metalworking was much slower.
On Copper:
“Its use was known in eastern Anatolia by 6500 BCE and it soon became widespread.”
That is 8,500 years ago.
Bronze Age | Definition, History, Inventions, Tools, & Facts | Britannica
When were dogs domesticated?
“Dogs were domesticated from their wolf ancestors over 15,000 years ago.”
The Evolution of Dogs, Accidental Best Friends
This is Ohio Wesleyan University
When were cats domesticated?
“Together the transport of cats to the island and the burial of the human with a cat indicate that people had a special, intentional relationship with cats nearly 10,000 years ago in the Middle East.”
The Evolution of House Cats
When were sheep domesticated?
“Now, research at an 11,000-year-old settlement in Turkey shows that some early farmers kept wild sheep penned up in the middle of their village—thus setting the stage for the dramatic changes that led to today's domesticated animals.”
A Brief History of Goat Domestication - The Livestock Conservancy
When were cattle domesticated?
“All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study.”
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2012/mar...mall-herd-domesticated-around-10500-years-ago
This is University College, London, England
When were goats domesticated?
“Judging by early signs of domestication, such as bones from the slaughter of male young [goats], this started around 10,500 years ago in Anatolia (Turkey) and the Zagros Mountains (Iran)
A Brief History of Goat Domestication - The Livestock Conservancy
When was wheat cultivated?
“Cultivated for 10,000 years, wheat is one of the world’s most important plants.”
Wheat 101 | National Associate of Wheat Growers
This is the National Association of Wheat Growers
When was barley first cultivated?
“Remains of barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains found at archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent indicate that about 10,000 years ago the crop was domesticated there from its wild relative Hordeum spontaneum.”
https://www.researchgate.net/public...mestication_History_of_Barley_Hordeum_vulgare
When was rice cultivated?
“...the earliest archaeological evidence [for cultivation of rice] comes from central and eastern China and dates to 7,000-5,000 BCE.
That would be between 9,000 and 7,000 years ago.
Rice | Description, History, Cultivation, & Uses | Britannica
Everything we know about the history of humans on earth contradicts the claim that the earth could be only 6,000 years old. The Bible is a source of moral and spiritual truth, but it is not a history text.
When was fire domesticated?
“ Here we present evidence of fire-making on a 400,000-year-old buried landsurface at Barnham (UK), where heated sediments and fire-cracked flint handaxes were found alongside two fragments of iron pyrite—a mineral used in later periods to strike sparks with flint.”
ttps://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-09855-6
Fire led very quickly to cooking. The application of fire to metalworking was much slower.
On Copper:
“Its use was known in eastern Anatolia by 6500 BCE and it soon became widespread.”
That is 8,500 years ago.
Bronze Age | Definition, History, Inventions, Tools, & Facts | Britannica
When were dogs domesticated?
“Dogs were domesticated from their wolf ancestors over 15,000 years ago.”
The Evolution of Dogs, Accidental Best Friends
This is Ohio Wesleyan University
When were cats domesticated?
“Together the transport of cats to the island and the burial of the human with a cat indicate that people had a special, intentional relationship with cats nearly 10,000 years ago in the Middle East.”
The Evolution of House Cats
When were sheep domesticated?
“Now, research at an 11,000-year-old settlement in Turkey shows that some early farmers kept wild sheep penned up in the middle of their village—thus setting the stage for the dramatic changes that led to today's domesticated animals.”
A Brief History of Goat Domestication - The Livestock Conservancy
When were cattle domesticated?
“All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study.”
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2012/mar...mall-herd-domesticated-around-10500-years-ago
This is University College, London, England
When were goats domesticated?
“Judging by early signs of domestication, such as bones from the slaughter of male young [goats], this started around 10,500 years ago in Anatolia (Turkey) and the Zagros Mountains (Iran)
A Brief History of Goat Domestication - The Livestock Conservancy
When was wheat cultivated?
“Cultivated for 10,000 years, wheat is one of the world’s most important plants.”
Wheat 101 | National Associate of Wheat Growers
This is the National Association of Wheat Growers
When was barley first cultivated?
“Remains of barley (Hordeum vulgare) grains found at archaeological sites in the Fertile Crescent indicate that about 10,000 years ago the crop was domesticated there from its wild relative Hordeum spontaneum.”
https://www.researchgate.net/public...mestication_History_of_Barley_Hordeum_vulgare
When was rice cultivated?
“...the earliest archaeological evidence [for cultivation of rice] comes from central and eastern China and dates to 7,000-5,000 BCE.
That would be between 9,000 and 7,000 years ago.
Rice | Description, History, Cultivation, & Uses | Britannica
Everything we know about the history of humans on earth contradicts the claim that the earth could be only 6,000 years old. The Bible is a source of moral and spiritual truth, but it is not a history text.
