That seems like such narrow way of viewing it. Your assuming that aliens havent been here long before humans existed.

I think its very likely that human evolution was helped along the way at some point. There are some genetic anomalies that support this.

What is DNA and How Does it Work? A pair of scientists from Kazakhstan believe that our species was designed by a higher power, alien civilisation that either wanted to preserve a message in our DNA or simply plant life on other planets.

Maxim A. Makukov of the Fesenkov Astrophysical Institute and Vladimir I. Shcherbak from the al-Farabi Kazakh National University spent 13 years working for the Human Genome Project – a mission that hoped to map out human DNA.

Their conclusion was that humans were designed by a higher power, with a “set of arithmetic patterns and ideographic symbolic language” encoded into our DNA.

They believe that 97 per cent of non-coding sequences in human DNA is genetic code from alien life forms.

Its a weird concept, but if you wanted to transmit a message not just through space, but through vast amounts of time dna would be the way to do it. The way its designed, and as a core programming language of life on this planet, it has insane redundancies built into it.

AI Overview - Yes, DNA has several redundancies that act as safeguards against mutations, such as the genetic code's Wobble Hypothesis (multiple codons for the same amino acid) and gene duplication (multiple copies of a gene), which together allow for a mutation to occur in one copy without completely losing the gene's function. These redundant systems provide a "backup" for critical genetic information, increasing the overall robustness and stability of the genome by reducing the impact of harmful mutations.

So lets just just assume that aliens were here long before we were, and that they created humans, for whatever reasons.

Would this have inspired many pagan religions to all share similar stories about the creation of mankind. It seems more than coincidence in my opinion.

Creation of Humans from Clay or Dust: The idea of humans being shaped from earth, clay, or mud is a recurring theme found in cultures such as Babylonian, Greek, and Islamic traditions, as well as in the Hebrew Bible.

If you never read the story about prometheus creating humans I suggest giving it a read. I suggest a older book something from the 19th century.

https://www.google.ca/books/edition/The_Myths_and_Legends_of_Ancient_Greece/_NcDAAAAQAAJ

The theory of Hesiod, the oldest of all the greek poets, was that the titan Prometheus that, the son of Iapetus, had formed man out of clay, and that Athene had breathed a soul into him. Full of love for the beings he had called into existence, Prometheus determined to elevate their minds and improve their condition in any way; he therefore taught them astronomy, mathematics, the alphabet, how to cure diseases, and the art of divination. He created this race in such great numbers that the gods began to see the necessity of instituting certain fixed laws with regards to the sacrifices due to them, and the worship to which they considered themselves entitled from mankind in return for the protection which they had accorded them.

Kinda sounds like to me that its possible that they not only created us, but we already did worship them as gods. All we know is the last 5000 years roughly, anything before that is simply a mystery. Mankind must be much older than that, again genetics shows it as well.

Genetics and fossil evidence suggest the Homo sapiens lineage emerged in Africa around 300,000 to 350,000 years ago

Interglacial happen roughly every 100,000 years ago, so thats about 3 or 4 cycles. Which if I remember right roughly lines up with the old greek legends about the ages of man.

Greek legends describe five "Ages of Man," which trace the decline of humanity from an idyllic past to the present, beginning with the Golden Age under Titan Cronus, followed by the Silver Age, the warlike Bronze Age, a transitional Heroic Age populated by legendary figures, and culminating in the corrupt and sorrowful Iron Age, the present era for Hesiod, who first outlined this progression in his work Works and Days.

Which again almost mirrors a hopi legend half a world away.

The Hopi "Ages of Man" myth describes a series of world-ages or cycles of time, with the current being the Fourth World. Each previous world was destroyed by a cataclysmic event—the First by fire, the Second by ice, and the Third by a great deluge. These destructions were not natural but resulted from humanity's disregard for the Creator's spiritual dictates, leading to the most obedient people being guided to the next world to begin anew.

One of the only verified hopi stories I could find was in a study about rock acoustics in the caso rock range. Its a wild read.

I guess it wasnt always so, but according to this comment on trip advisor, you have to be a us citizen, i assume a resident is ok as well, to visit this place and you have to have a military guide with you. Because of the china lake base there.

https://www.tripadvisor.ca/Attraction_Review-g32966-d144619-Reviews-Little_Petroglyph_Canyon-Ridgecrest_California.html

Do not miss this opportunity. You will need a reservation and all attending must be US citizens and submit to a background check. Extra caution due to tour on a military base.

https://pcas.org/documents/AcousticArchaeologyweb.pdf

There is a very interesting collection of stories that all seem to mirror the same event. Man gets lost, falls through some doors that open in the rocks, walks through water that doesnt get him wet, sees all the animals that will ever be, and finally comes face to face with a bird like humanoid which heals him with a song.

When he finally makes it back home, what had been a few days for him, was weeks for the rest of his tribe.

It all cant be a coincidence lmao. At least thats what my gut says.