There were other humans unrelated to Adam, according to Genesis 4:16. Cain was exiled to a land east of Eden, where he found a wife and had children. This implies the existence of other peoples even from a literalist perspective.
As for the evolutionary perspective, the degree of relation is key; it’s hardly appropriate to consider two species the same simply because they shared a common ancestor at some point prior. If that were the case, nearly anything with a spine could be considered a human relative.
The distinction between “related in a evolutionary sense” and “related in a genetic/ancestral sense” is somewhat muddy, but in terms of connotation I believe your original comment to be largely pedantic.
Everybody is related if you go back far enough.
Australian aborigines are not related to any of the ethnic groups of Europe.
If you're a Bible literalist, all humans are descended from Adam and Eve. If you're an evolutionist, all humans are descended from Y-Adam and mt-Eve.
There were other humans unrelated to Adam, according to Genesis 4:16. Cain was exiled to a land east of Eden, where he found a wife and had children. This implies the existence of other peoples even from a literalist perspective.
As for the evolutionary perspective, the degree of relation is key; it’s hardly appropriate to consider two species the same simply because they shared a common ancestor at some point prior. If that were the case, nearly anything with a spine could be considered a human relative.
The distinction between “related in a evolutionary sense” and “related in a genetic/ancestral sense” is somewhat muddy, but in terms of connotation I believe your original comment to be largely pedantic.