I made a late edit to that comment so replace “still be consistent with evolution” with “still not clash with evolution”.
Michael_Okoko:
An ancient existence of A&E can be factual and still [not clash with] evolution.
No it cannot
Contrary to your position, this has been shown.
There’s no such thing as the first two of any species
Do you know about the genealogical Adam and Eve?
The change from predecessor species to more modern ones is so gradual it is impossible to tell where to draw a line, because there is no line.
This poses no problem at all for a genealogical Adam and Eve.