I'm a religious Jew who believes in the bible/Torah and I believe that the first human was Adam. I'm not really looking to get into a religious debate... More like who was the first human in recorded history if you don't believe in the bible. Thanks!
Historians study only the recorded history, which dates to the invention of writing ca. 3200 BC. So the study of history is not per se opposed to the creationist theory.
However the commonly accepted opinion in the scientific community is that humans evolved from creatures similar to apes, aka the evolution theory.
Well there is, via DNA testing a most recent common ancestor known as Mitochodrial Eve* .
An Ethiopian woman who lived ca 70,000 years ago, and from whom everyone is descended.
Sleazy source: but lots of primary links.
