Tolkien: Evolutionist or Creationist?

[The Saucepan Man]

I would think, given Creationism's literal interpretation of the Bible, and Tolkien's interest in mythological frameworks, his work would be less liable to show evidence of a literal interpretation of the Bible.

But a literal interpretation of the Bible suggests that Man was created by God rather than evolving from a lower form of life, which is precisely how the Silmarillion tells us Men (and Elves) were created.