If we held to western Christian dogma, then the earth is 6,000 years old. But let's remember, God wiped out all living things 2,000 years with a flood. So that would mean that the vast majority of all living land creatures had to come from the animals on the Ark. The Bible says there were 7,000 kinds of animals (not to mention there's no way to get that many animals on that boat). One of the more conservative estimates of the number of land animals today is 16 million.
So from 4,000 years ago, to today; somehow another 16 million creatures have popped up.
If you do the math, that means over the past 4k years, mankind should have observed 11 new species per day.
So here we have some (admittedly a bit anecdotal and goofy in my opinion) math that REALLY doesn't work out. Combine that with the FACT that Epic of Gilgamesh which was written long before The Bible was written.
This is VERY strong evidence that there is an error in the Bible in regards to this story. Yet because of dogma, the "true believer" is not allowed to accept reason over faith.
