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59:0.1 We reckon the [[history]] of [[Urantia]] as beginning about one billion years ago and extending through five major eras:

59:0.1 We reckon the [[history]] of [[Urantia]] as beginning about one billion years ago and extending through five major eras:

*1. 59:0.2 ''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57 The prelife era]'' extends over the initial four hundred and fifty million years, from about the [[time]] the [[planet]] [[attained]] its present size to the time of life establishment. Your students have designated this period as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archeozoic Archeozoic].

*1. 59:0.2 ''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_57 The prelife era]'' extends over the initial four hundred and fifty million years, from about the [[time]] the [[planet]] [[attained]] its present size to the time of life establishment. Your students have designated this period as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archeozoic Archeozoic].

*2. 59:0.3 ''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58 The life-dawn era]'' extends over the next one hundred and fifty million years. This [[epoch]] intervenes between the preceding prelife or [[cataclysmic]] age and the following period of more highly [[developed]] [[marine]] life. This era is known to your researchers as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proterozoic Proterozoic].

*2. 59:0.3 ''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58 The life-dawn era]'' extends over the next one hundred and fifty million years. This [[epoch]] intervenes between the preceding prelife or [[cataclysmic]] age and the following period of more highly [[developed]] [[marine]] life. This era is known to your researchers as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proterozoic Proterozoic].

*3. 59:0.4 ''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_59 The marine-life era]'' covers the next two hundred and fifty million years and is best known to you as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleozoic Paleozoic].

*3. 59:0.4 ''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_59 The marine-life era]'' covers the next two hundred and fifty million years and is best known to you as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleozoic Paleozoic].

*4. 59:0.5 ''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_60 The early land-life era]'' extends over the next one hundred million years and is known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic Mesozoic].

*4. 59:0.5 ''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_60 The early land-life era]'' extends over the next one hundred million years and is known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesozoic Mesozoic].

*5. 59:0.6 ''[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_61 The mammalian era]'' occupies the last fifty million years. This recent-times era is known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenozoic Cenozoic].

*5. 59:0.6 ''[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_61 The mammalian era]'' occupies the last fifty million years. This recent-times era is known as the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenozoic Cenozoic].

59:0.7 The ''[[marine]]-life era'' thus covers about one quarter of your [[planetary]] [[history]]. It may be subdivided into six long periods, each characterized by certain well-defined [[developments]] in both the [[geologic]] realms and the [[biologic]] [[domains]].

59:0.7 The ''[[marine]]-life era'' thus covers about one quarter of your [[planetary]] [[history]]. It may be subdivided into six long periods, each characterized by certain well-defined [[developments]] in both the [[geologic]] realms and the [[biologic]] [[domains]].

59:0.8 As this era begins, the sea bottoms, the extensive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_shelves continental shelves], and the numerous shallow near-shore basins are covered with prolific [[Plants|vegetation]]. The more [[simple]] and [[primitive]] [[forms]] of [[animal]] life have already [[developed]] from preceding [[vegetable]] [[organisms]], and the early [[animal]] [[organisms]] have [[gradually]] made their way along the extensive coast lines of the various [[land]] masses until the many inland seas are teeming with [[primitive]] [[marine]] life. Since so few of these early [[organisms]] had shells, not many have been preserved as [[fossils]]. Nevertheless the [[stage]] is set for the opening chapters of that great "[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:7._THE_GEOLOGIC_HISTORY_BOOK stone book]" of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_record life-record] preservation which was so [[methodically]] laid down during the succeeding ages.

59:0.8 As this era begins, the sea bottoms, the extensive [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continental_shelves continental shelves], and the numerous shallow near-shore basins are covered with prolific [[Plants|vegetation]]. The more [[simple]] and [[primitive]] [[forms]] of [[animal]] life have already [[developed]] from preceding [[vegetable]] [[organisms]], and the early [[animal]] [[organisms]] have [[gradually]] made their way along the extensive coast lines of the various [[land]] masses until the many inland seas are teeming with [[primitive]] [[marine]] life. Since so few of these early [[organisms]] had shells, not many have been preserved as [[fossils]]. Nevertheless the [[stage]] is set for the opening chapters of that great "[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:7._THE_GEOLOGIC_HISTORY_BOOK stone book]" of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geologic_record life-record] preservation which was so [[methodically]] laid down during the succeeding ages.

59:0.9 The continent of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] is [[wonderfully]] rich in the [[fossil]]-bearing deposits of the entire [[marine]]-life era. The very first and oldest layers are separated from the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratigraphy strata] of the preceding period by extensive erosion deposits which clearly [[segregate]] these [[two]] [[stages]] of [[planetary]] [[development]].

59:0.9 The continent of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_America North America] is [[wonderfully]] rich in the [[fossil]]-bearing deposits of the entire [[marine]]-life era. The very first and oldest layers are separated from the later [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratigraphy strata] of the preceding period by extensive erosion deposits which clearly [[segregate]] these [[two]] [[stages]] of [[planetary]] [[development]].

*4. ''Limestone''—including the deposits of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite trilobite] shells in deep [[water]].

*4. ''Limestone''—including the deposits of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite trilobite] shells in deep [[water]].

59:1.10 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite trilobite] [[fossils]] of these times present certain basic [[uniformities]] coupled with certain well-marked variations. The early [[animals]] [[developing]] from the [[three]] [[original]] [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA life implantations] were characteristic; those appearing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_hemisphere Western Hemisphere] were slightly different from those of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia Eurasian] group and from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia Australasian] or Australian-Antarctic type.

59:1.10 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trilobite trilobite] [[fossils]] of these times present certain basic [[uniformities]] coupled with certain well-marked variations. The early [[animals]] [[developing]] from the [[three]] [[original]] [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA life implantations] were characteristic; those appearing in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_hemisphere Western Hemisphere] were slightly different from those of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurasia Eurasian] group and from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australasia Australasian] or Australian-Antarctic type.

59:1.11 370,000,000 years ago the great and almost total submergence of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas North and South America] occurred, followed by the sinking of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa Africa] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia]. Only certain parts of North America remained above these shallow Cambrian seas. Five million years later the [[seas]] were retreating before the rising [[land]]. And all of these [[phenomena]] of land sinking and land rising were undramatic, taking place slowly over millions of years.

59:1.11 370,000,000 years ago the great and almost total submergence of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Americas North and South America] occurred, followed by the sinking of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Africa Africa] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia Australia]. Only certain parts of North America remained above these shallow Cambrian seas. Five million years later the [[seas]] were retreating before the rising [[land]]. And all of these [[phenomena]] of land sinking and land rising were undramatic, taking place slowly over millions of years.

59:6.13 Presented by a [[Life Carrier]] of [[Nebadon]], one of the original corps assigned to [[Urantia]].

59:6.13 Presented by a [[Life Carrier]] of [[Nebadon]], one of the original corps assigned to [[Urantia]].

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[[Category: PART III: The History of Urantia]]

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