Science exists in the realm of verifiable reality.
It is not the responsibility of science to negotiate with folklore, or cultural norms, in pursuit of compromise.
The best science indicates the Earth, and our Solar system as being about 4.5 billion years old, with the most rudimentary life emerging only after a sterile half a billion, give or take a hundred million years.
Traditional beliefs generally date the beginning of life to a much more recent time - in some cases, less than 100 thousand years - or even less.
It is ridiculous to look for a middle ground ... say, maybe two billion years. This would be unsatisfying to both science and folklore. Let each of them exist in its own lane, untroubled by the difference.
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