Atheist Flutheronians, how would you handle it if your child believed man’s origin on Earth came by way of extraterrestrials?

Atheist Flutheronians, how would you handle it if your child believed man’s origin on Earth came by way of extraterrestrials?
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Have they thought their reasoning through and come up with a logical reason as to why they believe this to be the case? If so then that is fine by me even if I do think they’re wrong.
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