Is man evolving bigger and smarter?
Answer:
The evolution theory teaches that man has been improving over the
last 3 million years. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Both
history and scripture indicate that before the flood in the days of
Noah people were much bigger and smarter than the average person is
today. The Bible says they were living to be more than 900 years
old. I show some of the evidence for giant humans on my video tape
#2. As for smarter, you could learn a lot in 900 years! Plus, Adam
came from the hand of God fully programmed with language capacity
and the ability to classify or sort items quickly (he named all the
animals in one day). Adam was around for over half of the time from
the creation to the flood, so his great knowledge could be spread
throughout the world.
In the last 400 years there has been a great increase in accumulated
technology. This is not the same as wisdom or intelligence. We can
have a computer because thousands of men before have invented
various parts and ideas that can be put together. There is no
evidence that modern man is smarter than ancient man. I think the
opposite is true. Many of the ancient structures indicate greater
intelligence in solving problems in a low-tech age. (See seminar 7
for examples.)
As for man getting bigger, there has been an increase in average
size over the last few hundred years in industrialized countries due
to improved diet, sanitation, medicine, etc but this is not to be
confused with evolution. Also the trend in bigger people is not
proof of long-term growth patterns. If man today is say 8 inches
taller than average man during the American Revolution 200 years ago
it, obviously, would not prove that man was 80 inches shorter 2000
years ago or 800 inches shorter 20,000 years ago! Every age has seen
both tall people and smart people. There is no evidence that modern
man is any better.