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65:1.2 [[Life Carriers]] are able to [[function]] and do function on the following [[three]] [[levels]]:

65:1.2 [[Life Carriers]] are able to [[function]] and do function on the following [[three]] [[levels]]:

*1. The [[physical]] level of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemistry].

*1. The [[physical]] level of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemistry].

*2. The usual mid-phase of quasi-[[morontial]] [[existence]].

*2. The usual mid-phase of quasi-[[morontial]] [[existence]].

*3. The advanced semi[[spiritual]] level.

*3. The advanced semi[[spiritual]] level.

65:1.3 When the [[Life Carriers]] make ready to [[engage]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA life implantation], and after they have selected the sites for such an undertaking, they summon the [[archangel]] commission of [[Life Carrier]] [[transmutation]]. This [[group]] consists of [[ten]] [[orders]] of [[diverse]] [[personalities]], including the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and their [[associates]], and is presided over by the chief of [[archangels]], who [[acts]] in this capacity by the [[mandate]] of [[Gabriel]] and with the permission of the [[Ancients of Days]]. When these [[beings]] are properly [[encircuited]], they can [[effect]] such [[modifications]] in the [[Life Carriers]] as will enable them [[immediately]] to [[function]] on the [[physical]] levels of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemistry].

65:1.3 When the [[Life Carriers]] make ready to [[engage]] in [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_58#58:4._THE_LIFE-DAWN_ERA life implantation], and after they have selected the sites for such an undertaking, they summon the [[archangel]] commission of [[Life Carrier]] [[transmutation]]. This [[group]] consists of [[ten]] [[orders]] of [[diverse]] [[personalities]], including the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_29#29:4._THE_MASTER_PHYSICAL_CONTROLLERS physical controllers] and their [[associates]], and is presided over by the chief of [[archangels]], who [[acts]] in this capacity by the [[mandate]] of [[Gabriel]] and with the permission of the [[Ancients of Days]]. When these [[beings]] are properly [[encircuited]], they can [[effect]] such [[modifications]] in the [[Life Carriers]] as will enable them [[immediately]] to [[function]] on the [[physical]] levels of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electrochemical electrochemistry].

65:1.4 After the life [[patterns]] have been [[formulated]] and the [[material]] [[organizations]] have been duly completed, the supermaterial [[forces]] concerned in life [[propagation]] become forthwith [[active]], and life is [[existent]]. Whereupon the [[Life Carriers]] are [[immediately]] returned to their [[normal]] mid-phase of [[personality]] [[existence]], in which estate they can [[manipulate]] the living [[units]] and maneuver the [[evolving]] [[organisms]], even though they are shorn of all [[ability]] to [[organize]]—[[create]]—new [[patterns]] of living [[matter]].

65:1.4 After the life [[patterns]] have been [[formulated]] and the [[material]] [[organizations]] have been duly completed, the supermaterial [[forces]] concerned in life [[propagation]] become forthwith [[active]], and life is [[existent]]. Whereupon the [[Life Carriers]] are [[immediately]] returned to their [[normal]] mid-phase of [[personality]] [[existence]], in which estate they can [[manipulate]] the living [[units]] and maneuver the [[evolving]] [[organisms]], even though they are shorn of all [[ability]] to [[organize]]—[[create]]—new [[patterns]] of living [[matter]].

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]].

65:2.1 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 [https://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 [https://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.

65:2.3 The [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria], simple vegetable [[organisms]] of a very [[primitive]] [[nature]], are very little changed from the early dawn of life; they even [[exhibit]] a [[degree]] of [[retrogression]] in their [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite parasitic] [[behavior]]. Many of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi fungi] also [[represent]] a [[retrograde]] movement in [[evolution]], being [[plants]] which have lost their [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyl chlorophyll]-making [[ability]] and have become more or less parasitic. The [[majority]] of [[disease]]-causing bacteria and their auxiliary [[virus]] bodies really belong to this [[group]] of renegade parasitic [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/fungus fungi]. During the intervening ages all of the vast kingdom of [[plant]] life has evolved from [[ancestors]] from which the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria] have also descended.

65:2.3 The [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria], simple vegetable [[organisms]] of a very [[primitive]] [[nature]], are very little changed from the early dawn of life; they even [[exhibit]] a [[degree]] of [[retrogression]] in their [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite parasitic] [[behavior]]. Many of the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi fungi] also [[represent]] a [[retrograde]] movement in [[evolution]], being [[plants]] which have lost their [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyl chlorophyll]-making [[ability]] and have become more or less parasitic. The [[majority]] of [[disease]]-causing bacteria and their auxiliary [[virus]] bodies really belong to this [[group]] of renegade parasitic [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/fungus fungi]. During the intervening ages all of the vast kingdom of [[plant]] life has evolved from [[ancestors]] from which the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria] have also descended.

65:2.4 The higher [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protozoa protozoan] type of [[animal]] life soon appeared, and appeared suddenly. And from these far-distant times the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeba ameba], the typical single-[[cell]]ed [[animal]] [[organism]], has come on down but little [[modified]]. He disports himself today much as he did when he was the last and greatest [[achievement]] in life [[evolution]]. This minute [[creature]] and his protozoan cousins are to the [[animal]] [[creation]] what [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria] are to the [[plant]] kingdom; they [[represent]] the [[survival]] of the first early evolutionary steps in life [[differentiation]] together with failure of subsequent [[development]].

65:2.4 The higher [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protozoa protozoan] type of [[animal]] life soon appeared, and appeared suddenly. And from these far-distant times the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amoeba ameba], the typical single-[[cell]]ed [[animal]] [[organism]], has come on down but little [[modified]]. He disports himself today much as he did when he was the last and greatest [[achievement]] in life [[evolution]]. This minute [[creature]] and his protozoan cousins are to the [[animal]] [[creation]] what [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria] are to the [[plant]] kingdom; they [[represent]] the [[survival]] of the first early evolutionary steps in life [[differentiation]] together with failure of subsequent [[development]].

65:2.5 Before long the early single-[[cell]]ed [[animal]] types [[associated]] themselves in [[communities]], first on the plan of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvox Volvox] and presently along the lines of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra Hydra] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish jellyfish]. Still later there evolved the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish starfish], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Lilies stone lilies], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_urchins sea urchins], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumbers sea cucumbers], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipedes centipedes], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insects insects], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiders spiders], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustaceans crustaceans], and the closely related groups of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworms earthworms] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeches leeches], soon followed by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusks mollusks]—the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster oyster], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus octopus], and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail snail]. Hundreds upon hundreds of [[species]] intervened and perished; mention is made only of those which [[survived]] the long, long [[struggle]]. Such nonprogressive specimens, together with the later appearing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish fish] family, today [[represent]] the stationary types of early and lower [[animals]], branches of the [[tree of life]] which failed to [[progress]].

65:2.5 Before long the early single-[[cell]]ed [[animal]] types [[associated]] themselves in [[communities]], first on the plan of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volvox Volvox] and presently along the lines of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydra Hydra] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jellyfish jellyfish]. Still later there evolved the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish starfish], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stone_Lilies stone lilies], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_urchins sea urchins], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_cucumbers sea cucumbers], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centipedes centipedes], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insects insects], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiders spiders], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crustaceans crustaceans], and the closely related groups of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworms earthworms] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leeches leeches], soon followed by the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mollusks mollusks]—the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oyster oyster], [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octopus octopus], and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snail snail]. Hundreds upon hundreds of [[species]] intervened and perished; mention is made only of those which [[survived]] the long, long [[struggle]]. Such nonprogressive specimens, together with the later appearing [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fish fish] family, today [[represent]] the stationary types of early and lower [[animals]], branches of the [[tree of life]] which failed to [[progress]].

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 [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishes fishes]. From this fish [[family]] there sprang two [[unique]] [[modifications]], the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] and the [https://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 [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].

65:2.7 The [https://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 [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] and the [https://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 [https://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 [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird bird] family and the numerous orders of [[mammals]].

65:2.9 Probably the greatest single leap of all prehuman [[evolution]] was executed when the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile reptile] became a [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird bird]. The bird types of today—[http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles eagles], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducks ducks], [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeons pigeons], and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich ostriches]—all [[descended]] from the enormous [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiles reptiles] of long, long ago.

65:2.9 Probably the greatest single leap of all prehuman [[evolution]] was executed when the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile reptile] became a [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird bird]. The bird types of today—[https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eagles eagles], [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ducks ducks], [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pigeons pigeons], and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ostrich ostriches]—all [[descended]] from the enormous [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiles reptiles] of long, long ago.

65:2.10 The kingdom of [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiles reptiles], [[descended]] from the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] family, is today [[represented]] by four [[surviving]] divisions: two nonprogressive, [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes snakes] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizards lizards], together with their cousins, [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligators alligators] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles turtles]; one partially [[progressive]], the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird bird] family, and the fourth, the [[ancestors]] of [[mammals]] and the direct line of [[descent]] of the [[human]] [[species]]. But though long departed, the massiveness of the passing Reptilia found [[echo]] in the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant elephant] and [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon mastodon], while their peculiar forms were perpetuated in the leaping [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroos kangaroos].

65:2.10 The kingdom of [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptiles reptiles], [[descended]] from the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] family, is today [[represented]] by four [[surviving]] divisions: two nonprogressive, [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snakes snakes] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lizards lizards], together with their cousins, [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alligators alligators] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtles turtles]; one partially [[progressive]], the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bird bird] family, and the fourth, the [[ancestors]] of [[mammals]] and the direct line of [[descent]] of the [[human]] [[species]]. But though long departed, the massiveness of the passing Reptilia found [[echo]] in the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elephant elephant] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastodon mastodon], while their peculiar forms were perpetuated in the leaping [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kangaroos kangaroos].

65:2.11 Only fourteen [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylum phyla] have [[appeared]] on [[Urantia]], the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishes fishes] being the last, and no new classes have [[developed]] since [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] and [[mammals]].

65:2.11 Only fourteen [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phylum phyla] have [[appeared]] on [[Urantia]], the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fishes fishes] being the last, and no new classes have [[developed]] since [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birds birds] and [[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 [https://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 [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whales whales] and [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seals seals], and into air navigators like the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bats bat] family.

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]].

65:2.13 [[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 [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.

65:2.15 Later in the [[evolutionary]] unfolding of [[intelligence]], the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur lemur] [[ancestors]] of the [[human]] [[species]] were far more advanced in [https://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 [https://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 [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]].

65:2.16 In this way the life that was planted on [[Urantia]] evolved until the [https://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 [https://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 [https://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]].

==65:3. THE FOSTERING OF EVOLUTION==     

==65:3. THE FOSTERING OF EVOLUTION==     

65:3.2 [[Life Carriers]] may employ every possible [[natural]] [[resource]] and may utilize any and all fortuitous circumstances which will enhance the developmental [[progress]] of the life [[experiment]], but we are not permitted [[mechanically]] to intervene in, or arbitrarily to [[manipulate]] the [[conduct]] and [[course]] of, either [[plant]] or [[animal]] [[evolution]].

65:3.2 [[Life Carriers]] may employ every possible [[natural]] [[resource]] and may utilize any and all fortuitous circumstances which will enhance the developmental [[progress]] of the life [[experiment]], but we are not permitted [[mechanically]] to intervene in, or arbitrarily to [[manipulate]] the [[conduct]] and [[course]] of, either [[plant]] or [[animal]] [[evolution]].

65:3.3 You have been informed that [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] evolved by way of [[primitive]] [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] [[development]], and that this [[ascending]] strain, carried in [[potential]] in a single frog, narrowly [[escaped]] [[extinction]] on a certain occasion. But it should not be inferred that the [[evolution]] of [[mankind]] would have been terminated by an [[accident]] at this juncture. At that very [[moment]] we were [[observing]] and fostering no less than one thousand [[different]] and remotely situated [[mutating]] strains of life which could have been directed into various [[different]] [[patterns]] of prehuman [[development]]. This particular [[ancestral]] frog represented our third selection, the two prior life strains having perished in spite of all our [[efforts]] toward their [[conservation]].

65:3.3 You have been informed that [[Urantia]] [[mortals]] evolved by way of [[primitive]] [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frog frog] [[development]], and that this [[ascending]] strain, carried in [[potential]] in a single frog, narrowly [[escaped]] [[extinction]] on a certain occasion. But it should not be inferred that the [[evolution]] of [[mankind]] would have been terminated by an [[accident]] at this juncture. At that very [[moment]] we were [[observing]] and fostering no less than one thousand [[different]] and remotely situated [[mutating]] strains of life which could have been directed into various [[different]] [[patterns]] of prehuman [[development]]. This particular [[ancestral]] frog represented our third selection, the two prior life strains having perished in spite of all our [[efforts]] toward their [[conservation]].

65:3.4 Even the loss of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon and Fonta] before they had [[offspring]], though delaying [[human]] [[evolution]], would not have prevented it. Subsequent to the [[appearance]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon and Fonta] and before the [[mutating]] [[human]] [[potentials]] of [[animal]] life were exhausted, there evolved no less than seven thousand favorable strains which could have achieved some sort of [[human]] [[type]] of [[development]]. And many of these better stocks were subsequently assimilated by the various branches of the expanding [[human]] [[species]].

65:3.4 Even the loss of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon and Fonta] before they had [[offspring]], though delaying [[human]] [[evolution]], would not have prevented it. Subsequent to the [[appearance]] of [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_63#63:1._ANDON_AND_FONTA Andon and Fonta] and before the [[mutating]] [[human]] [[potentials]] of [[animal]] life were exhausted, there evolved no less than seven thousand favorable strains which could have achieved some sort of [[human]] [[type]] of [[development]]. And many of these better stocks were subsequently assimilated by the various branches of the expanding [[human]] [[species]].

65:3.5 Long before the [[Material Son and Daughter]], the biologic uplifters, arrive on a [[planet]], the [[human]] [[potentials]] of the evolving [[animal]] [[species]] have been exhausted. This [[biologic]] [[status]] of [[animal]] life is disclosed to the [[Life Carriers]] by the [[phenomenon]] of the third phase of [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant spirit]] mobilization, which [[automatically]] occurs concomitantly with the exhaustion of the [[capacity]] of all [[animal]] life to give [[origin]] to the [[mutant]] [[potentials]] of prehuman [[individuals]].

65:3.5 Long before the [[Material Son and Daughter]], the biologic uplifters, arrive on a [[planet]], the [[human]] [[potentials]] of the evolving [[animal]] [[species]] have been exhausted. This [[biologic]] [[status]] of [[animal]] life is disclosed to the [[Life Carriers]] by the [[phenomenon]] of the third phase of [[Adjutant Mind Spirits|adjutant spirit]] mobilization, which [[automatically]] occurs concomitantly with the exhaustion of the [[capacity]] of all [[animal]] life to give [[origin]] to the [[mutant]] [[potentials]] of prehuman [[individuals]].

65:3.6 [[Mankind]] on [[Urantia]] must solve its [[problems]] of [[mortal]] [[development]] with the [[human]] stocks it has—no more [[races]] will evolve from prehuman [[sources]] throughout all [[future]] [[time]]. But this [[fact]] does not preclude the [[possibility]] of the [[attainment]] of vastly higher [[levels]] of human [[development]] through the [[intelligent]] fostering of the [[evolutionary]] [[potentials]] still resident in the [[mortal]] [[races]]. That which we, the [[Life Carriers]], do toward fostering and conserving the life strains before the [[appearance]] of [[human]] [[Free will|will]], [[man]] must do for himself after such an [[event]] and subsequent to our retirement from [[active]] [[participation]] in [[evolution]]. In a general way, man's [[evolutionary]] [[destiny]] is in his own hands, and [[scientific]] [[intelligence]] must sooner or later supersede the [[random]] [[functioning]] of uncontrolled [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Selection natural selection] and [[chance]] [[survival]].

65:3.6 [[Mankind]] on [[Urantia]] must solve its [[problems]] of [[mortal]] [[development]] with the [[human]] stocks it has—no more [[races]] will evolve from prehuman [[sources]] throughout all [[future]] [[time]]. But this [[fact]] does not preclude the [[possibility]] of the [[attainment]] of vastly higher [[levels]] of human [[development]] through the [[intelligent]] fostering of the [[evolutionary]] [[potentials]] still resident in the [[mortal]] [[races]]. That which we, the [[Life Carriers]], do toward fostering and conserving the life strains before the [[appearance]] of [[human]] [[Free will|will]], [[man]] must do for himself after such an [[event]] and subsequent to our retirement from [[active]] [[participation]] in [[evolution]]. In a general way, man's [[evolutionary]] [[destiny]] is in his own hands, and [[scientific]] [[intelligence]] must sooner or later supersede the [[random]] [[functioning]] of uncontrolled [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_Selection natural selection] and [[chance]] [[survival]].

65:3.7 And in [[discussing]] the fostering of [[evolution]], it would not be amiss to point out that, in the long [[future]] ahead, when you may sometime be attached to a corps of [[Life Carriers]], you will have [[abundant]] and ample [[opportunity]] to offer suggestions and make any possible improvements in the [[plans]] and [[technique]] of life [[management]] and transplantation. Be [[patient]]! If you have [[good]] [[ideas]], if your [[minds]] are [[fertile]] with better [[methods]] of [[administration]] for any part of the [[universal]] [[domains]], you are certainly going to have an [[opportunity]] to present them to your [[associates]] and fellow [[administrators]] in the ages to come.

65:3.7 And in [[discussing]] the fostering of [[evolution]], it would not be amiss to point out that, in the long [[future]] ahead, when you may sometime be attached to a corps of [[Life Carriers]], you will have [[abundant]] and ample [[opportunity]] to offer suggestions and make any possible improvements in the [[plans]] and [[technique]] of life [[management]] and transplantation. Be [[patient]]! If you have [[good]] [[ideas]], if your [[minds]] are [[fertile]] with better [[methods]] of [[administration]] for any part of the [[universal]] [[domains]], you are certainly going to have an [[opportunity]] to present them to your [[associates]] and fellow [[administrators]] in the ages to come.

65:5.1 It was a [[source]] of [[regret]] to the [[Life Carriers]] that our special [[efforts]] to [[modify]] [[intelligent]] life on [[Urantia]] should have been so [[handicapped]] by [[tragic]] [[perversion]]s beyond our [[control]]: the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia betrayal] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default].

65:5.1 It was a [[source]] of [[regret]] to the [[Life Carriers]] that our special [[efforts]] to [[modify]] [[intelligent]] life on [[Urantia]] should have been so [[handicapped]] by [[tragic]] [[perversion]]s beyond our [[control]]: the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_67 Caligastia betrayal] and the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default].

65:5.2 But throughout all of this [[biologic]] [[adventure]] our greatest [[disappointment]] grew out of the reversion of certain [[primitive]] [[plant]] life to the prechlorophyll levels of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite parasitic] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria] on such an extensive and unexpected [[scale]]. This [[eventuality]] in [[plant]]-life [[evolution]] caused many distressful [[diseases]] in the higher [[mammals]], particularly in the more vulnerable [[human]] [[species]]. When we were confronted with this perplexing situation, we somewhat discounted the [[difficulties]] involved because we knew that the subsequent admixture of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic life plasm] would so reinforce the resisting [[powers]] of the resulting blended [[race]] as to make it practically [[immune]] to all [[diseases]] produced by the [[vegetable]] type of [[organism]]. But our [[hopes]] were [[doomed]] to [[disappointment]] owing to the misfortune of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default].

65:5.2 But throughout all of this [[biologic]] [[adventure]] our greatest [[disappointment]] grew out of the reversion of certain [[primitive]] [[plant]] life to the prechlorophyll levels of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parasite parasitic] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bacteria bacteria] on such an extensive and unexpected [[scale]]. This [[eventuality]] in [[plant]]-life [[evolution]] caused many distressful [[diseases]] in the higher [[mammals]], particularly in the more vulnerable [[human]] [[species]]. When we were confronted with this perplexing situation, we somewhat discounted the [[difficulties]] involved because we knew that the subsequent admixture of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_76#76:4._THE_VIOLET_RACE Adamic life plasm] would so reinforce the resisting [[powers]] of the resulting blended [[race]] as to make it practically [[immune]] to all [[diseases]] produced by the [[vegetable]] type of [[organism]]. But our [[hopes]] were [[doomed]] to [[disappointment]] owing to the misfortune of the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_75 Adamic default].

65:5.3 The [[universe of universes]], including this small world called [[Urantia]], is not being [[managed]] merely to meet our approval nor just to suit our convenience, much less to gratify our whims and satisfy our [[curiosity]]. The [[wise]] and [[all-powerful]] [[beings]] who are [[responsible]] for [[universe]] [[management]] undoubtedly know exactly what they are about; and so it becomes [[Life Carriers]] and behooves [[mortal]] [[minds]] to enlist in [[patient]] waiting and hearty [[co-operation]] with the rule of [[wisdom]], the reign of [[power]], and the march of [[progress]].

65:5.3 The [[universe of universes]], including this small world called [[Urantia]], is not being [[managed]] merely to meet our approval nor just to suit our convenience, much less to gratify our whims and satisfy our [[curiosity]]. The [[wise]] and [[all-powerful]] [[beings]] who are [[responsible]] for [[universe]] [[management]] undoubtedly know exactly what they are about; and so it becomes [[Life Carriers]] and behooves [[mortal]] [[minds]] to enlist in [[patient]] waiting and hearty [[co-operation]] with the rule of [[wisdom]], the reign of [[power]], and the march of [[progress]].

65:6.2 There is [[original]] [[endowment]] of [[adaptation]] in living [[things]] and [[beings]]. In every living [[plant]] or [[animal]] [[cell]], in every living [[organism]]—[[material]] or [[spiritual]]—there is an insatiable craving for the [[attainment]] of ever-increasing [[perfection]] of [[environmental]] [[adjustment]], organismal adaptation, and augmented life [[realization]]. These interminable [[efforts]] of all living [[things]] [[evidence]] the [[existence]] within them of an innate [[striving]] for [[perfection]].

65:6.2 There is [[original]] [[endowment]] of [[adaptation]] in living [[things]] and [[beings]]. In every living [[plant]] or [[animal]] [[cell]], in every living [[organism]]—[[material]] or [[spiritual]]—there is an insatiable craving for the [[attainment]] of ever-increasing [[perfection]] of [[environmental]] [[adjustment]], organismal adaptation, and augmented life [[realization]]. These interminable [[efforts]] of all living [[things]] [[evidence]] the [[existence]] within them of an innate [[striving]] for [[perfection]].

65:6.3 The most important step in [[plant]] [[evolution]] was the [[development]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll chlorophyll]-making [[ability]], and the second greatest advance was the [[evolution]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore spore] into the [[complex]] [[seed]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore spore] is most [[efficient]] as a [[reproductive]] [[agent]], but it lacks the [[potentials]] of variety and [[versatility]] [[inherent]] in the [[seed]].

65:6.3 The most important step in [[plant]] [[evolution]] was the [[development]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chlorophyll chlorophyll]-making [[ability]], and the second greatest advance was the [[evolution]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore spore] into the [[complex]] [[seed]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spore spore] is most [[efficient]] as a [[reproductive]] [[agent]], but it lacks the [[potentials]] of variety and [[versatility]] [[inherent]] in the [[seed]].

65:6.4 One of the most serviceable and [[complex]] [[episodes]] in the [[evolution]] of the higher [[types]] of [[animals]] consisted in the [[development]] of the [[ability]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron iron] in the circulating [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_cells blood cells] to [[perform]] in the double role of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen oxygen] carrier and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide carbon dioxide] remover. And this [[performance]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cells red blood cells] [[illustrates]] how [[evolving]] [[organisms]] are able to [[adapt]] their [[functions]] to varying or changing [[environment]]. The higher [[animals]], including [[man]], oxygenate their tissues by the [[action]] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron iron] of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cells red blood cells], which carries [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen oxygen] to the living [[cells]] and just as [[efficiently]] removes the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide carbon dioxide]. But other metals can be made to serve the same [[purpose]]. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish cuttlefish] employs [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper copper] for this [[function]], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_squirt sea squirt] utilizes [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanadium vanadium].

65:6.4 One of the most serviceable and [[complex]] [[episodes]] in the [[evolution]] of the higher [[types]] of [[animals]] consisted in the [[development]] of the [[ability]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron iron] in the circulating [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood_cells blood cells] to [[perform]] in the double role of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen oxygen] carrier and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide carbon dioxide] remover. And this [[performance]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cells red blood cells] [[illustrates]] how [[evolving]] [[organisms]] are able to [[adapt]] their [[functions]] to varying or changing [[environment]]. The higher [[animals]], including [[man]], oxygenate their tissues by the [[action]] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron iron] of the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_blood_cells red blood cells], which carries [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oxygen oxygen] to the living [[cells]] and just as [[efficiently]] removes the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carbon_dioxide carbon dioxide]. But other metals can be made to serve the same [[purpose]]. The [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cuttlefish cuttlefish] employs [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copper copper] for this [[function]], and the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea_squirt sea squirt] utilizes [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vanadium vanadium].

65:6.5 The [[continuation]] of such [[biologic]] [[adjustments]] is [[illustrated]] by the [[evolution]] of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth teeth] in the higher [[Urantia]] [[mammals]]; these [[attained]] to thirty-six in [[man]]'s remote [[ancestors]], and then began an [[adaptative]] readjustment toward thirty-two in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62 dawn man] and his near relatives. Now the [[human]] [[species]] is slowly gravitating toward twenty-eight. The [[process]] of [[evolution]] is still [[actively]] and adaptatively in [[progress]] on this [[planet]].

65:6.5 The [[continuation]] of such [[biologic]] [[adjustments]] is [[illustrated]] by the [[evolution]] of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teeth teeth] in the higher [[Urantia]] [[mammals]]; these [[attained]] to thirty-six in [[man]]'s remote [[ancestors]], and then began an [[adaptative]] readjustment toward thirty-two in the [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62 dawn man] and his near relatives. Now the [[human]] [[species]] is slowly gravitating toward twenty-eight. The [[process]] of [[evolution]] is still [[actively]] and adaptatively in [[progress]] on this [[planet]].

65:6.6 But many seemingly [[mysterious]] [[adjustments]] of living [[organisms]] are [[purely]] [[chemical]], wholly [[physical]]. At any [[moment]] of [[time]], in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood blood stream] of any [[human being]] there exists the [[possibility]] of upward of 15,000,000 [[chemical]] [[reactions]] between the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone hormone] output of a dozen ductless glands.

65:6.6 But many seemingly [[mysterious]] [[adjustments]] of living [[organisms]] are [[purely]] [[chemical]], wholly [[physical]]. At any [[moment]] of [[time]], in the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood blood stream] of any [[human being]] there exists the [[possibility]] of upward of 15,000,000 [[chemical]] [[reactions]] between the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hormone hormone] output of a dozen ductless glands.

65:6.7 The lower [[forms]] of [[plant]] life are wholly [[responsive]] to [[physical]], [[chemical]], and [[electrical]] [[environment]]. But as the [[scale]] of life [[ascends]], one by one the [[mind]] ministries of the [[seven adjutant spirits]] become operative, and the [[mind]] becomes increasingly adjustive, [[creative]], co-ordinative, and dominative. The [[ability]] of [[animals]] to adapt themselves to [[air]], [[water]], and [[land]] is not a [[supernatural]] [[endowment]], but it is a superphysical [[adjustment]].

65:6.7 The lower [[forms]] of [[plant]] life are wholly [[responsive]] to [[physical]], [[chemical]], and [[electrical]] [[environment]]. But as the [[scale]] of life [[ascends]], one by one the [[mind]] ministries of the [[seven adjutant spirits]] become operative, and the [[mind]] becomes increasingly adjustive, [[creative]], co-ordinative, and dominative. The [[ability]] of [[animals]] to adapt themselves to [[air]], [[water]], and [[land]] is not a [[supernatural]] [[endowment]], but it is a superphysical [[adjustment]].