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− | 62:5.1 From the year A.D. [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 1934] back to the [[birth]] of the first two [[human beings]] is just [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution#History_of_ideas 993,419 years]. | + | 62:5.1 From the year A.D. [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/1934 1934] back to the [[birth]] of the first two [[human beings]] is just [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_evolution#History_of_ideas 993,419 years]. |
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− | 62:5.2 These two remarkable [[creatures]] were true [[human]] [[beings]]. They [[possessed]] [[perfect]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposable_thumbs human thumbs], as had many of their [[ancestors]], while they had just as perfect feet as the present-day [[human]] [[races]]. They were walkers and runners, not climbers; the grasping [[function]] of the big toe was absent, completely [[absent]]. When [[danger]] drove them to the [[treetops]], they climbed just like the [[humans]] of today would. They would climb up the trunk of a tree like a bear and not as would a chimpanzee or a gorilla, swinging up by the branches. | + | 62:5.2 These two remarkable [[creatures]] were true [[human]] [[beings]]. They [[possessed]] [[perfect]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposable_thumbs human thumbs], as had many of their [[ancestors]], while they had just as perfect feet as the present-day [[human]] [[races]]. They were walkers and runners, not climbers; the grasping [[function]] of the big toe was absent, completely [[absent]]. When [[danger]] drove them to the [[treetops]], they climbed just like the [[humans]] of today would. They would climb up the trunk of a tree like a bear and not as would a chimpanzee or a gorilla, swinging up by the branches. |
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| 62:5.3 These first human beings (and their descendants) reached full [[maturity]] at twelve years of age and [[possessed]] a [[potential]] [[life span]] of about seventy-five years. | | 62:5.3 These first human beings (and their descendants) reached full [[maturity]] at twelve years of age and [[possessed]] a [[potential]] [[life span]] of about seventy-five years. |
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− | 62:5.4 Many new [[emotions]] early appeared in these [[human]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. They [[experienced]] [[Wonder|admiration]] for both objects and other [[beings]] and [[exhibited]] considerable [[vanity]]. But the most remarkable [[advance]] in [[emotional]] [[development]] was the sudden appearance of a new group of really human [[feelings]], the [[worshipful]] group, [[embracing]] [[awe]], [[reverence]], [[humility]], and even a [[primitive]] [[form]] of [[gratitude]]. [[Fear]], joined with [[ignorance]] of [[natural]] [[phenomena]], is about to give [[birth]] to [http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 primitive religion]. | + | 62:5.4 Many new [[emotions]] early appeared in these [[human]] [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twins twins]. They [[experienced]] [[Wonder|admiration]] for both objects and other [[beings]] and [[exhibited]] considerable [[vanity]]. But the most remarkable [[advance]] in [[emotional]] [[development]] was the sudden appearance of a new group of really human [[feelings]], the [[worshipful]] group, [[embracing]] [[awe]], [[reverence]], [[humility]], and even a [[primitive]] [[form]] of [[gratitude]]. [[Fear]], joined with [[ignorance]] of [[natural]] [[phenomena]], is about to give [[birth]] to [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_86 primitive religion]. |
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| 62:5.5 Not only were such [[human]] [[feelings]] [[manifested]] in these [[primitive]] [[humans]], but many more highly evolved sentiments were also present in rudimentary [[form]]. They were mildly cognizant of [[pity]], [[shame]], and reproach and were acutely [[conscious]] of [[love]], hate, and revenge, being also susceptible to marked [[feelings]] of [[jealousy]]. | | 62:5.5 Not only were such [[human]] [[feelings]] [[manifested]] in these [[primitive]] [[humans]], but many more highly evolved sentiments were also present in rudimentary [[form]]. They were mildly cognizant of [[pity]], [[shame]], and reproach and were acutely [[conscious]] of [[love]], hate, and revenge, being also susceptible to marked [[feelings]] of [[jealousy]]. |
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− | 62:5.6 These first two [[humans]]—the twins—were a great [[trial]] to their [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primtates Primates] [[parents]]. They were so [[curious]] and [[adventurous]] that they nearly lost their lives on numerous occasions before they were eight years old. As it was, they were rather well scarred up by the time they were twelve. | + | 62:5.6 These first two [[humans]]—the twins—were a great [[trial]] to their [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primtates Primates] [[parents]]. They were so [[curious]] and [[adventurous]] that they nearly lost their lives on numerous occasions before they were eight years old. As it was, they were rather well scarred up by the time they were twelve. |
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| 62:5.7 Very early they [[learned]] to [[engage]] in [[verbal]] [[communication]]; by the age of ten they had worked out an improved [[sign]] and [[word]] [[language]] of almost half a hundred [[ideas]] and had greatly improved and expanded the crude communicative [[technique]] of their [[ancestors]]. But try as hard as they might, they were able to [[teach]] only a few of their new signs and symbols to their [[parents]]. | | 62:5.7 Very early they [[learned]] to [[engage]] in [[verbal]] [[communication]]; by the age of ten they had worked out an improved [[sign]] and [[word]] [[language]] of almost half a hundred [[ideas]] and had greatly improved and expanded the crude communicative [[technique]] of their [[ancestors]]. But try as hard as they might, they were able to [[teach]] only a few of their new signs and symbols to their [[parents]]. |
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| 62:5.8 When about nine years of age, they [[journeyed]] off down the [[river]] one bright day and held a momentous [[conference]]. Every [[celestial]] [[intelligence]] stationed on [[Urantia]], including myself, was present as an [[observer]] of the [[transactions]] of this noontide tryst. On this eventful day they arrived at an understanding to live with and for each other, and this was the first of a [[series]] of such [[agreements]] which finally culminated in the [[decision]] to flee from their inferior [[animal]] associates and to [[journey]] northward, little knowing that they were thus to found the [[human]] [[race]]. | | 62:5.8 When about nine years of age, they [[journeyed]] off down the [[river]] one bright day and held a momentous [[conference]]. Every [[celestial]] [[intelligence]] stationed on [[Urantia]], including myself, was present as an [[observer]] of the [[transactions]] of this noontide tryst. On this eventful day they arrived at an understanding to live with and for each other, and this was the first of a [[series]] of such [[agreements]] which finally culminated in the [[decision]] to flee from their inferior [[animal]] associates and to [[journey]] northward, little knowing that they were thus to found the [[human]] [[race]]. |
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− | 62:5.9 While we were all greatly concerned with what these two little savages were planning, we were powerless to [[control]] the working of their [[minds]]; we did not—could not—[[arbitrarily]] [[influence]] their [[decisions]]. But within the permissible [[limits]] of [[planetary]] [[function]], we, the [[Life Carriers]], together with our [[associates]], all [[conspired]] to [[lead]] the [[human]] twins northward and far from their hairy and partially tree-dwelling people. And so, by [[reason]] of their own [[intelligent]] [[choice]], the twins did [[migrate]], and because of our supervision they migrated northward to a secluded region where they [[escaped]] the [[possibility]] of [[biologic]] degradation through admixture with their inferior relatives of the [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primates Primates] tribes. | + | 62:5.9 While we were all greatly concerned with what these two little savages were planning, we were powerless to [[control]] the working of their [[minds]]; we did not—could not—[[arbitrarily]] [[influence]] their [[decisions]]. But within the permissible [[limits]] of [[planetary]] [[function]], we, the [[Life Carriers]], together with our [[associates]], all [[conspired]] to [[lead]] the [[human]] twins northward and far from their hairy and partially tree-dwelling people. And so, by [[reason]] of their own [[intelligent]] [[choice]], the twins did [[migrate]], and because of our supervision they migrated northward to a secluded region where they [[escaped]] the [[possibility]] of [[biologic]] degradation through admixture with their inferior relatives of the [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primates Primates] tribes. |
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− | 62:5.10 Shortly before their departure from the home [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest forests] they lost their [[mother]] in a [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbon gibbon] raid. While she did not [[possess]] their [[intelligence]], she did have a [[worthy]] [[mammalian]] [[affection]] of a high order for her [[offspring]], and she fearlessly gave her life in the attempt to save the [[wonderful]] pair. Nor was her [[sacrifice]] in vain, for she held off the enemy until the [[father]] arrived with reinforcements and put the invaders to rout. | + | 62:5.10 Shortly before their departure from the home [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest forests] they lost their [[mother]] in a [https://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibbon gibbon] raid. While she did not [[possess]] their [[intelligence]], she did have a [[worthy]] [[mammalian]] [[affection]] of a high order for her [[offspring]], and she fearlessly gave her life in the attempt to save the [[wonderful]] pair. Nor was her [[sacrifice]] in vain, for she held off the enemy until the [[father]] arrived with reinforcements and put the invaders to rout. |
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| 62:5.11 Soon after this young couple forsook their [[associates]] to found the [[human]] [[race]], their Primates [[father]] became disconsolate—he was heartbroken. He refused to eat, even when [[food]] was brought to him by his other [[children]]. His brilliant offspring having been lost, life did not seem worth living among his ordinary fellows; so he wandered off into the forest, was set upon by hostile gibbons and beaten to [[death]]. | | 62:5.11 Soon after this young couple forsook their [[associates]] to found the [[human]] [[race]], their Primates [[father]] became disconsolate—he was heartbroken. He refused to eat, even when [[food]] was brought to him by his other [[children]]. His brilliant offspring having been lost, life did not seem worth living among his ordinary fellows; so he wandered off into the forest, was set upon by hostile gibbons and beaten to [[death]]. |
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− | <center>[http://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62 Go to Paper 62]</center> | + | <center>[https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Paper_62 Go to Paper 62]</center> |
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| [[Category:Paper 62 - The Dawn Races of Early Man]] | | [[Category:Paper 62 - The Dawn Races of Early Man]] |
| [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]] | | [[Category: Anthropology/TeaM]] |
| [[Category: Evolution]] | | [[Category: Evolution]] |
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