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if Genesis were put forward by some group belonging to a religion which was entirely new to you I don't think you would see it the way you describe it.

I'd have to disagree, for Humans will fall for ANYTHING that vaguely sounds 'religious'.

Why have we 'evolved' this concept of a GOD? Animals don't seem to have one...

We have a concept of God to put a name on that which we can never fully understand. We have a concept of God because some human beings show the greatest respect and love toward their neighbors while some treat others with the contempt we would expect from the demonically influenced.
Unfortunately, the world is filled with people who for the most part attribute human emotions and failings to God, I can offer no proof of the existence of God which would satisfy the scientific method and even less am I able to offer proof of the nonexistence of God. The only solution which works for my limited thinking ability is that there is a higher power than man which is in charge of all that is seen or unseen but that proves only my limited ability.
I do draw a line at believing in a God who consigns his creations to an eternity of suffering and I do so beause I myself could not find it within me to condemn the worst who ever lived to an ETERNITY of incredible suffering and I cannot believe that I am more merciful than my creator. Spare me your explanations of how we choose our own eternity of suffering by our actions, I have heard it from the best and the worst, I was baptized into a Southern Baptist church at the age of thirteen and I don't believe it.
Peace and love.

"Why have we 'evolved' this concept of a GOD? Animals don't seem to have one..."

I fell to thinking about the second part of your question and I don't know how you would determine whether animals have a concept of God, I have seen a Rottweiler stud, a male of a breed of dog considered by many to be unworthy of human trust exhibit more concern for the welfare of a toddler that he had never seen before than the child's own mother seemed to display. I also know that small children have been ripped apart by dogs, this seems to indicate to me that animals (and strictly speaking humans are animals anyway) may exhibit the same range of behaviour and emotions as humans. Who am I to say whether that dog has a concept of God, many dogs have given their own lives willingly to protect humans.