Using the clearly evil and man made book to base one's philosophical and historical perspectives on is not a good start, IMO, to find the "truth" about anything other then humans sheep like behavior to creation myth wrapped in religious/theological rationale.
As most here know there is sentient skeletal evidence 300 MILLION years old; there is hard evidence of highly advanced cultures from about 12,000 years ago before the Younger Dryas ice age (Gobekli Tepi) thus out dating the bible; Cremo and Thompson's great work of Forbidden Archeology presenting evidence of objects of high skill and value from multiple thousands years including a gold chain necklace in a lump of coal, a Roman coin from a random core sampling in Canada, etc.
First, let's settle the million years debate. Carbon date is the ONLY method used to suggest the age of skeletons, artifacts, etc., and even the scientists that invented it do not use it to make prediction/estimates of millions of years...only a few thousand.
"At least to the uninitiated, carbon dating is generally assumed to be a sure-fire way to predict the age of any organism that once lived on our planet. Without understanding the mechanics of it, we put our blind faith in the words of scientists, who assure us that carbon dating is a reliable method of determining the ages of almost everything around us. However, a little more knowledge about the exact ins and outs of carbon dating reveals that perhaps it is not quite as fool-proof a process as we may have been led to believe."
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How Accurate is Carbon Dating?)
To break away from the conditioning by the controllers of presenting false "proof" and history that has been embedded into the human narrative true cognitive thinking skill must be applied. The "what if" and "why" of exploration.
Any potential "break through the lie" behavior has been cleverly and swiftly demeaned into obscurity. Since the Mud Flood reality is not based on inner exploration with sacred teacher plants but rather on very logical evidence it will be very difficult for the controllers to sideline this current break through IMO. But referring to nonsensical, un-provable biblical text is a step back.
Second, I use the biblical texts as reference, tools...not absolute truth. There are just too many versions. The earliest recorded scriptures are in Aramaic and Hebrew (a dialect of Aramaic). I am not a fan of the new testament, and especially not of anything that Paul/Saul wrote because even the four gospels do not VALIDATE that Paul/Saul even existed. The Catholic church tends to lean heavily upon Paul/Saul's writings too...another reason I find them suspect.
However, there are stories in the Old Testament, specifically the Torah (first five books) that are similar to other writings from legends, folklores, and histories of specific people groups. They are a part of a larger puzzle, and that is how I view/use them when discovering and researching. For instance, the Ark built by Noah has in fact been found...so that is a VALID story and source. The narrative surrounding that particular Ark may not be exact Truth, but it does lead to fact that bear exploring further.
The problem with Bible stories is that they are mythological. Noah, Esau, Jacob and most of the characters did not exist. So it is not possible to glean any real information about populations. For example, Esau and Jacob is just a story to show the Jews of the time that the laws they considered "sacred" were being suppressed by "God". Explaining, the traditional right of primogeniture was not supported by the priests who created the little story of Esau and Jacob, because this was a problem for them, the priests, to enforce the laws they wanted. Notice that in the Bible stories the firstborn are always in trouble, being killed, challenged or being ridiculed. There is a strategy behind it and there is nothing "divine" about it. It is a political project of the priestly class to subvert the status quo and impose their own.
There is actual physical evidence that they did exist. The ark of Noah is real and has been located. Places described in the stories of Esau, Jacob, and Abraham did exist and are described by other scrolls and documents of different cultures. So I view these as multiple sourced verifiable, and thus reliable individuals that are a part of human history.
"Notice that in the bible stories the firstborn are always in trouble, being killsed, challenged or being ridiculed." Well, this isn't accurate. Jacob was the second born and he struggled much more than Esau. Joseph was the eleventh child of Israel, and he was beaten and sold by his brothers, then imprisoned by his employer until he finally found a place in the palace of the pharaoh...which was divinely placed in order to rescue Israel's people at that later time.
But this is just an addendum to the topic. As for the diversification of the population for me it is simple. People like to be surrounded by similar people and so groups are formed.
I don't even know how to respond to this. This is one of the absurd "you are all stupid and I am so smart" comments that has NO validation, no facts, no truth. We are just supposed to take your word for it? No thanks.