The obvious question here is, do we need salvation? And if so, why? The obvious answer is, because we have all sinned, and one sin is all it takes to merit death.
Some people refer to "original sin" and point at Adam and Eve in Eden. As our physical DNA would be traceable to them, so would our spiritual or soulish "DNA" because it comes from them as well. Proof of this would seem fairly easy---in a physical way, red hair or aquiline noses or blue eyes tend to run in families. In another sense, spiritual or soulish characteristics seem to run in families---things like determination to succeed, love for music and rhythm, facility in language or rhetoric, etcetera, etcetera.
All of mankind is thus related both physically and spiritually through a single ancestor. [As an aside, it seems that the angels and demons are different, each is a "one-off", one of a kind.]
This is why the Bible says, "The first Adam became a living being", in contrast to "the last Adam [Jesus], a life-giving spirit." (1 Corinthians 15:45) To save the family of man, Jesus had to participate in humanity.
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