Editing Omphalos hypothesis (section)

=== Pre-scientific sources ===
Stories of the beginning of human life based on the [[creation story in Genesis]] have been published for centuries. The 4th-century theologian [[Ephrem the Syrian]] described a world in which divine creation instantly produced fully grown organisms:

{{Blockquote|Although the grasses were only a moment old at their creation, they appeared as if they were months old. Likewise, the trees, although only a day old when they sprouted forth, were nevertheless like ... years old as they were fully grown and fruits were already budding on their branches.<ref>{{cite book|title=St. Ephrem the Syrian: Selected Prose Works|series=The Fathers of the Church|volume=91|editor=Kathleen McVey|publisher=Catholic University of America|year=1994|isbn=978-0-8132-1421-4|chapter=Commentary on Genesis. Section I.22|page=90|place=Washington|title-link=Ephrem the Syrian}} See also {{cite book|title=Genesis 1-11
                |editor-first=Andrew|editor-last= Louth 
		|series=Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture|volume=1
		|year=2001
		|location=Downers Grove, Illinois
		|publisher= InterVarsity Press
		|isbn=978-0--8308-1471-8|page=15}}</ref>}}