160 million years ago. Where do we draw that line? - So now that tricky question again. Where do we draw the line? Which (if any) of these creatures will we find in heaven? It's not so easy, is it? Most believers might say modern humans are in and chimpanzees are out. But what about Neanderthals, what about Australopithecus? Creationists will see the entire argument as foolish. Their view is that all extant species were created as they now are and Homo sapiens is distinct and special. But 150 years ago some would have excluded Negroid peoples as somehow 'sub-human'. They were useful as slaves but would have no place in heaven. Mercifully such views have been swept away, but we should not forget that opinions of that kind were taken perfectly seriously not so long ago. Non-believers will accept the biology but have no place for the idea of heaven. For them, too, there is no problem. But setting aside non-believers and Creationists, what do those in the middle think (non-Creationist believers)? Could it be that there is nothing wrong with the biological understanding of species and evolution, but there is instead something wrong with our idea of what heaven is? We'll take a look at that next time. Questions: People used to talk about 'missing links' in the fossil record. The record for human development is much more complete now. Do you think missing links are still an issue? If humans evolved from earlier ancestors, where would you