Well that is debatable Jon14 unless you still are arguing the creation thing. There is very firm evidence of Hinduism going back 5000 to 6000 years in a very similar form to now let alone what was there before and there are links between Tibetan Buddhism, Bon, and Asian Shamanism which some see as going back 40,000 years to around the time modern humans appear to begin using rituals ( Leaving aside the neanderthal burials with flowers and shells). There is the belief of an earlier Buddha. I guess you think adam and Eve were there first?