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"This is the genealogy of Shem: Shem was 100 years old, and begot Arphaxad two years after the flood. After he begot Arphaxad, Shem lived 500 years, and begot sons and daughters. Arphaxad lived 35 years, and begot Salah. After he begot Salah, Arphaxad lived 403 years, and begot sons and daughters. Salah lived 30 years, and begot Eber. After he begot Eber, Salah lived 403 years, and begot sons and daughters. Eber lived 34 years, and begot Peleg. After he begot Peleg, Eber lived 430 years, and begot sons and daughters. Peleg lived 30 years, and begot Reu. After he begot Reu, Peleg lived 209 years, and begot sons and daughters. Reu lived 32 years, and begot Serug. After he begot Serug, Reu lived 207 years, and begot sons and daughters. Serug lived 30 years, and begot Nahor. After he begot Nahor, Serug lived 200 years, and begot sons and daughters. Nahor lived 29 years, and begot Terah. After he begot Terah, Nahor lived 119 years, and begot sons and daughters. Now Terah lived 70 years, and begot Abram, Nahor, and Haran."

Do you think people really lived to be that old at some point in history?

Did you ever wonder what somebody might look like at 300, 400, or 500 years of age?

Before we answer this question, it's important to understand that the field of paleontology has been recently turned upside down. Much of this is due to the work of Jack Cuozzo. An orthodontist by trade, Jack Cuozzo is one of the world's leading experts on using cephalometric radiographs for x-raying skulls. One of the things confronting the field of orthodontics is the problem of earlier maturation over time. Do a study on the internet on the topic of "Are children maturing more quickly over time?" and you'll find that most articles written on the topic agree that it is occurring - however, they do not agree on the causes. This is extremely problematic, since adult orthodontistry is much more difficult than child orthodontistry.

One study bearing out the problem of earlier maturation over time was the 1990 Griswold, CT. Burial Ground study. Details about this study are provided here:

"Dr Cuozzo believes the reason this is happening is that children are maturing much faster today than in the past. An excavation in 1990 of some graves in Griswold, Connecticut, dated to the late 1600s-1700 seems to confirm his research. There were 13 children's remains discovered. Only one was found with initials on the wood of the coffin. It read NB. age 13 and was written in brass tacks.

When the teeth of the lower jaw were examined at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology (AFIP) in Washington, D.C., the root and crown development indicated that, by today's standards, these teeth should have belonged to a female child of 9 1/2 years, or a male child of 10 years, yet the child was 13.

"This means", Dr Cuozzo says, "that three or four hundred years ago a child took 13 years to reach the stage that our children today do in 9 1/2 to 10 years. This points to a rapid maturation today."

Creation, Devolution and Wisdom Teeth

A major ramification of this is that if we mature more rapidly, we in turn will die at younger ages.

As we've said, Cuozzo was considered to be one of the leading experts in examining skeletal remains particularly of ancient man. One reason for this was that a Dr. Wilton Krogman had personally trained him. Dr. Krogman had identified the remains of Adolph Hitler for the US Army Pathology Department.

Orthodontics by Jack Cuozzo

Due to his expertise (and particularly his ability to examine skull fragments without damaging them), Cuozzo began to have contact with paleontologists representing museums and major research centers. Invitations came in for him to examine various Neanderthal remains.

Darwinian thought proposes that Neanderthal lived over a period of a couple hundred thousand years and is an extinct relative of humans.

Neanderthal is key to the study of "human ancestry" within the field of paleontology. This is due to the prevalence of Neanderthal remains that have been found to date:

• Skeletal remains from over 500 individuals (or some portion of skeletal material) have been found to date, making it the most numerous find of "ancient man".
• Neanderthal is named as such as the first skull was found in the Düssel River Valley in 1856 near a cave named Neanderh?hle - this was named after Joachim Neander, the great hymn writer, who used to write many of his songs near there.
• Of the over 500 remains found, only one was found completely fossilized.

Note: that if Neanderthal were hundreds of thousands of years old, their remains would almost all be completely fossilized - i.e., the skeletal remains should be comprised entirely of mineral and stone as Carbon was depleted and replaced over time.

Some 12 complete skeletons have been found to date.

Before going any further, it should be understood that the human skull never stops growing (i.e., the bones of your skull never stop growing). The same hat you wore twenty years ago would not fit anymore.

• The skull lengthens as the brow becomes more pronounced
• Nasal and eye openings enlarge as the face elongates
• The face becomes more forward-looking as the chin flattens out
• The skull actually thickens (gives new meaning to the term "thick-headed")

To find out what Jack Cuozzo learned when examining Neanderthal remains, search the links to the right...