Note 91 — Chapter III · FIRE AND FOOD Part I.
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Dr. Skinner is of opinion that there is little plausibility in the view that the story of Adam and Eve and the account of the events immediately preceding the flood are solutions of the same problem. He is, however, careful to add: “It would be equally rash to affirm that it [the story in Gen. vi. 1–4] presupposes such an account [the story of Adam and Eve]” (op. cit., p. 141).