Where did the Egyptians come from ?

Comparing it to the current age, 367 years ago it was 1635. Is the difference between 1635 and 2002 less than that between Creation and Egypt's golden age?--Percy

Ah, I see. So while the last 400 years up till today has represented more change then perhaps any other historical period of similar length, the supposed change between Creation and the Egypt of 400 years later was much greater. Your questioning whether it is reasonable to postulate this.I'll let a YEC answer this one.--Percy

Tranquility Base writes:

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Peter - the enormous longevities and late child bearing stopped pretty quickly after the flood.

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Everything we know about human longevity says such long lifespans aren't even remotely possible. In the absence of evidence to the contrary the Biblical account would seem to be no more than religious myth. It would be great to find that there's some factual foundation or evidence for this. Is there any?I'm not a Christian and I'm never going to be, but I *would* like to have an accurate understanding of human history, so all I need is some non-faith-based reasons for thinking you might be right.--Percy

Since you mention food supply, this doesn't have to do with human populations, but it's an interesting point nonetheless.A while back someone pointed out that after the flood the predator/prey ratios would be way out of whack. The usual situation is that prey far outnumber predators. But after the flood, for unclean species there would be just one pair of each predator species and one pair of each prey species. The predators have to eat, and each they did they'd wipe out a prey species.--Percy