If we think about this, analogize it to how Haze looks, it's a way of looking at O'Connor's fiction that sees nothing but the theology behind it, that sees nothing but the Christian iconography.
Secondly, Pauline Christiantheology thoroughly prevents general concepts of macro-evolution occuring before man existed, specifically because such evolution would require death.
The decision comes after a growing number of critics decried the materials as attempts to avoid controversy that fundamentally altered Christiantheology.