Verginius Rufus: "No, 6016 years ago."
Nifster: "not homo sapien
MAY be related to our line (that also means may not be)"
Science has dozens of different methods for dating ancient materials.
When several of them produce converging results -- as is the case here -- that is as close as science can ever get to the truth of a matter.
Judeo-Christian traditions, and most denominations today, have long recognized such scientific findings as valid.
Homo Rudolfensis, circa 2.0 million years ago:
As for who begat whom -- there are several known ancient pre-human homo species, sub-species, etc., any one of which may, or may-not, have been our direct ancestors.
No way to tell, so far.
But there are also a growing number of more recent fossils sometimes identified as sub-species of homo sapiens, including:
- Neanderthals (Europe & Asia)
- Denisovians (Siberia)
- Florensians ("hobbits" Indonesia)
- Idaltus (Etheopia)
- Red Deer Cave People (China)
Among some of these there is DNA evidence of relatively recent interbreeding, if not direct ancestry.