Who invented people?
"God did" seems to be the most popular answer given. For every
culture or religion, there is a different story of the creation of
man. Some feel it was a higher power, others feel it was a natural
evolution.
There are several cultures/religions throughout history that
feel people were made from dust, dirt, or clay by a higher entity.
These include Christianity (God), the Babylonians (Enuma Elish),
the Yoruba's of Africa (Obatala), Egyptian mythology (Khnum), Islam
(Allah), Chinese Myth (Nuwa), and the Mayans (Quetzalcoatl) among
others. Each of the mentioned cultures believe that man created of
a form of earth, and had life breathed into them.
Other stories include the life and death cycles of mankind being
decided by throwing rocks and bull manure in a river to see if the
would sink or float, or creation coming into being when an entity
spit into their hands and clapped them together.
There are those who believe in totally scientific life, those
that believe that the beginning of life was purely spiritual. Then
there are those who believe in a bit of both. Most people feel very
strongly about their choice, and will defend it entirely. Seeing
that the answer really effects each person individually, it is best
to do the research and see which answer feels right to you
personally.