[Avodah] Do we Owe Respect to Old Bones?

[kennethgmiller at juno.com]

R' Arie Folger wrote:

> If, on the other hand, you are inclined to read the six days
> of creations as six aeons, then the fossils did come from actual
> homo sapiens sapiens, but I posit that even then, the account of
> creation of man is halakhically meaningful, and bones coming from
> before adam would not yet be endowed with tzelem E-lohim, which
> many Rishonim take as relating to man's creative and, more
> importantly, moral faculties. Thus, older bones would still not
> convey tum'a.

How would you respond to R' Micha Berger's question, which was:

> What about the bones of ... Adnei hasadeh -- which it is a
> violation of retzhichah to kill?

My -- probably mistaken -- understanding is that Adnei Hasadeh are precisely those homo sapiens who were not endowed with Tzelem Elokim. Is it possible for there to be a being which is assur to murder, yet not be metameh?

Akiva Miller

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