If history is ‘his story’, then whose story is it? Publishing gives credit to the author, regardless of the content, whether fictional or non-fiction. Characters in the story are just that; the story belongs to the teller. If he is a man, then like a man the story has a beginning & an end. Man admits freely that he was not always here, so necessitating some kind of pre-history that tugs at the imagination. Any evidence of intelligent behavior having been at work in prehistoric times challenges explanation. If man wasn’t responsible for the evidence, then who was?
Everything changes if God is the storyteller. Genesis 1:1, “In the beginning, God created the heaven and the earth,” leaves no room for prehistoric notions. He is the beginning and the end, so it is impossible to look outside His story; there is no such time & place. There are other created beings (angels) that predate humans in the order of God’s handiwork (angels in day two, man in day six of creation.) If one does not accept the Biblical account, he will have to turn to ancient alien theory, which basically just kicks the can down the road. Then the question arises, where did the aliens come from?
Folks who don’t know where they come from CAN’T know where they are going! That may sound like it opens unlimited possibilities, and maybe it does; but like religious freedom, it does NOT ensure a good outcome. The freedom to worship what you will as you will allows for the truth that is Christ Jesus; however, that freedom does not benefit the one who rejects Him! Likewise, mankind charting his own future doesn’t necessarily lock the species into a future of grand adventure. Unlimited options are narrowed down with every step taken, every choice to proceed, & every day lived. I can say that with authority because death is inevitable for all of us. Only Jesus can continue the story, because He alone has conquered death!