Didn't Marvel Comics cover all that in the 60s?
The Inhumans
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[A] race that was evolutionarily advanced when human beings were still in the Stone Age.
There you go. Though I prefer the Middle Ages myth of Lilith, who wouldn't return to Adam in the Garden after she slept with then-archangel Samael outside the Garden.
Well, duh.
Or maybe the pre-Creation folk were giants in the earth?
Great topic! Surely you can hack a paywall?
On the other hand, wait: Professor Girlfriend is visiting for Thanksgiving. Maybe I can use her university library privileges to access it.
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Homo sum, humani nihil a me alienum puto.
-Terence