Humans

In the beginning there was man. Some might say that, no, that's not right because in the beginning there was God. But, that is decidedly not right. A beginning implies a boundary in time; God has no boundaries; a beginning cannot be applied to God. For us, humankind, there is no universe before our existence. So, the beginning for us is us. So, in that beginning, there was a creature that may resemble us today, but lived in a very different way. There was a pond by the cave fed by springs that bubbled up from beneath the rocky floor which was the extent of their existence. The floor was surrounded by a circular ridge out of which caves had been hewn before memory for their shelter. No one as could be recollected had ever ventured outside of the refuge and safety of their encircled domain. There was fish in the pond and fruit in the trees that provided all they needed.