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65:2.1 The [[story]] of [[man]]'s [[ascent]] from seaweed to the lordship of [[earth]]ly [[creation]] is indeed a [[romance]] of [[biologic]] [[struggle]] and [[mind]] [[survival]]. Man's primordial [[ancestors]] were [[literally]] the slime and ooze of the [[ocean]] bed in the sluggish and warm-water bays and lagoons of the vast shore lines of the ancient inland [[seas]], those very [[waters]] in which the [[Life Carriers]] [[established]] the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA three independent life implantations] on [[Urantia]].

65:2.1 The [[story]] of [[man]]'s [[ascent]] from seaweed to the lordship of [[earth]]ly [[creation]] is indeed a [[romance]] of [[biologic]] [[struggle]] and [[mind]] [[survival]]. Man's primordial [[ancestors]] were [[literally]] the slime and ooze of the [[ocean]] bed in the sluggish and warm-water bays and lagoons of the vast shore lines of the ancient inland [[seas]], those very [[waters]] in which the [[Life Carriers]] [[established]] the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA three independent life implantations] on [[Urantia]].

65:2.2 Very few [[species]] of the early [[types]] of [[marine]] [[vegetation]] that [[participated]] in those [[epochal]] [[changes]] which resulted in the animallike borderland [[organisms]] are in [[existence]] today. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponges sponges] are the [[survivors]] of one of these early midway types, those [[organisms]] through which the [[gradual]] [[transition]] from the [[vegetable]] to the [[animal]] took place. These early [[transition]] [[forms]], while not identical with modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponges sponges], were much like them; they were true borderline organisms—neither [[vegetable]] nor [[animal]]—but they [[eventually]] led to the [[development]] of the true [[animal]] forms of life.

65:2.2 Very few [[species]] of the early [[types]] of [[marine]] [[vegetation]] that [[participated]] in those [[epochal]] [[changes]] which resulted in the animallike borderland [[organisms]] are in [[existence]] today. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponges sponges] are the [[survivors]] of one of these early midway types, those [[organisms]] through which the [[gradual]] [[transition]] from the [[vegetable]] to the [[animal]] took place. These early [[transition]] [[forms]], while not identical with modern [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sponges sponges], were much like them; they were true borderline organisms—neither [[vegetable]] nor [[animal]]—but they [[eventually]] led to the [[development]] of the true [[animal]] forms of life.

65:2.6 The [[stage]] was thus set for the [[appearance]] of the first backboned animals, the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishes fishes]. From this fish [[family]] there sprang two [[unique]] [[modifications]], the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] and the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander salamander]. And it was the frog which began that series of [[progressive]] [[differentiations]] in [[animal]] life that finally culminated in [[man]] himself.

65:2.6 The [[stage]] was thus set for the [[appearance]] of the first backboned animals, the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishes fishes]. From this fish [[family]] there sprang two [[unique]] [[modifications]], the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] and the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander salamander]. And it was the frog which began that series of [[progressive]] [[differentiations]] in [[animal]] life that finally culminated in [[man]] himself.

65:2.7 The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] is one of the earliest of [[surviving]] [[human]]-race [[ancestors]], but it also failed to [[progress]], [[persisting]] today much as in those remote times. The frog is the only [[species]] ancestor of the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62 early dawn races] now living on the [[face]] of the [[earth]]. The [[human]] [[race]] has no surviving [[ancestry]] between the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] and the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo].

65:2.7 The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] is one of the earliest of [[surviving]] [[human]]-race [[ancestors]], but it also failed to [[progress]], [[persisting]] today much as in those remote times. The frog is the only [[species]] ancestor of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62 early dawn races] now living on the [[face]] of the [[earth]]. The [[human]] [[race]] has no surviving [[ancestry]] between the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] and the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eskimo Eskimo].

65:2.8 The frogs gave rise to the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiles Reptilia], a great [[animal]] [[family]] which is [[virtually]] [[extinct]], but which, before passing out of [[existence]], gave origin to the whole [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird bird] family and the numerous orders of [[mammals]].

65:2.8 The frogs gave rise to the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiles Reptilia], a great [[animal]] [[family]] which is [[virtually]] [[extinct]], but which, before passing out of [[existence]], gave origin to the whole [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird bird] family and the numerous orders of [[mammals]].

65:2.12 It was from an [[agile]] little reptilian [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur dinosaur] of [[carnivorous]] [[habits]] but having a comparatively large [[brain]] that the [[placental]] [[mammals]] suddenly sprang. These [[mammals]] [[developed]] rapidly and in many [[different]] ways, not only giving rise to the common modern varieties but also evolving into [[marine]] [[types]], such as [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whales whales] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seals seals], and into air navigators like the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bats bat] family.

65:2.12 It was from an [[agile]] little reptilian [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur dinosaur] of [[carnivorous]] [[habits]] but having a comparatively large [[brain]] that the [[placental]] [[mammals]] suddenly sprang. These [[mammals]] [[developed]] rapidly and in many [[different]] ways, not only giving rise to the common modern varieties but also evolving into [[marine]] [[types]], such as [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whales whales] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seals seals], and into air navigators like the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bats bat] family.

65:2.13 [[Man]] thus evolved from the higher [[mammals]] derived principally from the [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA western implantation] of life in the ancient east-west sheltered seas. The eastern and central groups of living [[organisms]] were early progressing favorably toward the [[attainment]] of prehuman levels of [[animal]] [[existence]]. But as the ages passed, the eastern [[focus]] of life emplacement failed to attain a satisfactory level of [[intelligent]] prehuman [[status]], having suffered such repeated and irretrievable losses of its highest types of [[germ plasm]] that it was forever shorn of the [[power]] to [[rehabilitate]] [[human]] [[potentialities]].

65:2.13 [[Man]] thus evolved from the higher [[mammals]] derived principally from the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA western implantation] of life in the ancient east-west sheltered seas. The eastern and central groups of living [[organisms]] were early progressing favorably toward the [[attainment]] of prehuman levels of [[animal]] [[existence]]. But as the ages passed, the eastern [[focus]] of life emplacement failed to attain a satisfactory level of [[intelligent]] prehuman [[status]], having suffered such repeated and irretrievable losses of its highest types of [[germ plasm]] that it was forever shorn of the [[power]] to [[rehabilitate]] [[human]] [[potentialities]].

65:2.14 Since the [[quality]] of the [[mind]] [[capacity]] for [[development]] in this eastern group was so definitely inferior to that of the other two groups, the [[Life Carriers]], with the consent of their superiors, so [[manipulated]] the [[environment]] as further to [[circumscribe]] these inferior prehuman strains of evolving life. To all outward [[appearances]] the elimination of these inferior [[groups]] of [[creatures]] was [[accidental]], but in [[reality]] it was altogether [[purposeful]].

65:2.14 Since the [[quality]] of the [[mind]] [[capacity]] for [[development]] in this eastern group was so definitely inferior to that of the other two groups, the [[Life Carriers]], with the consent of their superiors, so [[manipulated]] the [[environment]] as further to [[circumscribe]] these inferior prehuman strains of evolving life. To all outward [[appearances]] the elimination of these inferior [[groups]] of [[creatures]] was [[accidental]], but in [[reality]] it was altogether [[purposeful]].

65:2.15 Later in the [[evolutionary]] unfolding of [[intelligence]], the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur lemur] [[ancestors]] of the [[human]] [[species]] were far more advanced in [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] than in other regions; and they were therefore led to [[migrate]] from the arena of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA western life implantation] over the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia Bering land bridge] and down the coast to southwestern Asia, where they continued to [[evolve]] and to benefit by the addition of certain strains of the central life group. [[Man]] thus evolved out of certain western and central life strains but in the central to near-eastern regions.

65:2.15 Later in the [[evolutionary]] unfolding of [[intelligence]], the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur lemur] [[ancestors]] of the [[human]] [[species]] were far more advanced in [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] than in other regions; and they were therefore led to [[migrate]] from the arena of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA western life implantation] over the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beringia Bering land bridge] and down the coast to southwestern Asia, where they continued to [[evolve]] and to benefit by the addition of certain strains of the central life group. [[Man]] thus evolved out of certain western and central life strains but in the central to near-eastern regions.

65:2.16 In this way the life that was planted on [[Urantia]] evolved until the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age ice age], when [[man]] himself first [[appeared]] and began his [[eventful]] [[planetary]] [[career]]. And this [[appearance]] of [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] on [[earth]] during the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age ice age] was not just an [[accident]]; it was by [[design]]. The [[Adversity|rigors]] and [[climatic]] severity of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciers glacial] era were in every way adapted to the [[purpose]] of fostering the production of a hardy [[type]] of [[human being]] with tremendous [[survival]] [[endowment]].

65:2.16 In this way the life that was planted on [[Urantia]] evolved until the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age ice age], when [[man]] himself first [[appeared]] and began his [[eventful]] [[planetary]] [[career]]. And this [[appearance]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_52#52:1._PRIMITIVE_MAN primitive man] on [[earth]] during the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Age ice age] was not just an [[accident]]; it was by [[design]]. The [[Adversity|rigors]] and [[climatic]] severity of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciers glacial] era were in every way adapted to the [[purpose]] of fostering the production of a hardy [[type]] of [[human being]] with tremendous [[survival]] [[endowment]].

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[[Category:Paper 65 - The Overcontrol of Evolution]]

[[Category:Paper 65 - The Overcontrol of Evolution]]