I think to start is to understand that there is no "before". Time is only a 4th dimension. Time - an illusion.
The man is not a man's body, and 7 dimensional creature, which divided itself into many "individual people" is to diversify so that each part of the lived separate lives studying.
Evolution is quite possible, but maybe she was not exactly as we envision it. All gradually develops.
RE: Who came first God or Dinosaurs ?