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59:6.4 170,000,000 years ago great [[evolutionary]] [[changes]] and [[adjustments]] were taking place over the entire face of the [[earth]]. [[Land]] was rising all over the world as the [[ocean]] beds were sinking. Isolated mountain ridges appeared. The eastern part of North America was high above the sea; the west was slowly rising. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents continents] were covered by great and small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_lakes salt lakes] and numerous inland seas which were connected with the [[oceans]] by narrow straits. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratigraphy strata] of this [[transition]] period vary in thickness from 1,000 to 7,000 feet.

59:6.4 170,000,000 years ago great [[evolutionary]] [[changes]] and [[adjustments]] were taking place over the entire face of the [[earth]]. [[Land]] was rising all over the world as the [[ocean]] beds were sinking. Isolated mountain ridges appeared. The eastern part of North America was high above the sea; the west was slowly rising. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents continents] were covered by great and small [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_lakes salt lakes] and numerous inland seas which were connected with the [[oceans]] by narrow straits. The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stratigraphy strata] of this [[transition]] period vary in thickness from 1,000 to 7,000 feet.

59:6.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_crust earth's crust] folded extensively during these [[land]] elevations. This was a time of [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents continental] [[emergence]] except for the disappearance of certain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_bridges land bridges], including the continents which had so long [[connected]] South America with Africa and North America with Europe.

59:6.5 The [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth%27s_crust earth's crust] folded extensively during these [[land]] elevations. This was a time of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Continents continental] [[emergence]] except for the disappearance of certain [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_bridges land bridges], including the continents which had so long [[connected]] South America with Africa and North America with Europe.

59:6.6 [[Gradually]] the inland [[lakes]] and seas were drying up all over the world. Isolated mountain and regional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier glaciers] began to appear, especially over the Southern Hemisphere, and in many regions the glacial deposit of these local ice formations may be found even among some of the upper and later coal deposits. Two new [[climatic]] [[factors]] appeared—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciation glaciation] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arid aridity]. Many of the [[earth]]'s higher regions had become arid and barren.

59:6.6 [[Gradually]] the inland [[lakes]] and seas were drying up all over the world. Isolated mountain and regional [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glacier glaciers] began to appear, especially over the Southern Hemisphere, and in many regions the glacial deposit of these local ice formations may be found even among some of the upper and later coal deposits. Two new [[climatic]] [[factors]] appeared—[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glaciation glaciation] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arid aridity]. Many of the [[earth]]'s higher regions had become arid and barren.