http://www.gotquestions.org/cavemen.html
Question: "What does the Bible say about cavemen,
prehistoric men, neanderthals?"
Answer: The Bible does not use the term “caveman” or
“Neanderthals,” and according to the Bible there is no such thing
as “prehistoric” man. The term “prehistoric” means “belonging to
the era before recorded history.” It presupposes that the biblical
account is merely a fabrication, because the book of Genesis
records events which precede the creation of man (namely, the first
five days of creation—man was created on the sixth day). The Bible
is clear that Adam and Eve were perfect humans from the time of
their creation and did not evolve from lower life forms.
With that said, the Bible does describe a period of traumatic
upheaval upon the earth—the flood (Genesis 6-9), during which time
civilization was utterly destroyed except for eight people.
Humanity was forced to start over. It is in this historical context
that some scholars believe men lived in caves and made use of stone
tools. These men were not primitive; they were simply destitute.
And they certainly were not half ape. The fossil evidence is quite
clear: cavemen were human—men who lived in caves.
There are some fossilized ape remains which Darwinian
paleo-anthropologists interpret as being some sort of transition
between ape and men. Most people seem to think of these
interpretations when they imagine cavemen. They picture furry
half-men, half-ape creatures crouched in a cave next to a fire,
drawing on the walls with their newly developed stone tools. This
is a common misconception. And as far as Darwinian
paleo-anthropology goes, we should keep in mind that these
interpretations reflect a peculiar worldview and are not the result
of the evidence. In fact, not only is there major opposition to
these interpretations within the academic community, the Darwinists
themselves do not entirely agree with each other on the
details.
Unfortunately, the popular mainstream view promotes this idea that
man and ape both evolved from the same ancestor, but this is
certainly not the only plausible interpretation of the available
evidence. In fact, the evidence in favor of this particular
interpretation is lacking.
When God created Adam and Eve, they were fully developed human
beings, capable of communication, society, and development (Genesis
2:19-25; 3:1-20; 4:1-12). It is almost
entertaining to consider the lengths evolutionary scientists go to
prove the existence of prehistoric cavemen. They find a misshapen
tooth in a cave and from that create a misshapen human being who
lived in a cave, hunched over like an ape. There is no way that
science can prove the existence of cavemen by a fossil.
Evolutionary scientists simply have a theory, and then they force
the evidence to fit the theory. Adam and Eve were the first human
beings ever created and were fully-formed, intelligent, and
upright.
i think given the number of fossils discovered and technological
advancement in the field of archeology, there are less doubts about
evolutionary events. it is common for christians to dismiss
evolution due to the 'lack' of proof but the same christians never
ask for the same proof about their god and would gladly accept the
absurdity of old testament accounts as its unblemished history,
science and politics...