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59:6.8 Among the [[land]] [[animals]] the frogs reached their climax in the preceding age and rapidly declined, but they [[survived]] because they could long live even in the drying-up pools and ponds of these far-distant and extremely trying times. During this declining frog age, in Africa, the first step in the [[evolution]] of the frog into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile reptile] occurred. And since the [[land]] masses were still [[connected]], this prereptilian creature, an air breather, spread over all the world. By this time the [[atmosphere]] had been so changed that it served admirably to [[support]] [[animal]] [[respiration]]. It was soon after the arrival of these prereptilian frogs that North America was temporarily isolated, cut off from Europe, Asia, and South America.

59:6.8 Among the [[land]] [[animals]] the frogs reached their climax in the preceding age and rapidly declined, but they [[survived]] because they could long live even in the drying-up pools and ponds of these far-distant and extremely trying times. During this declining frog age, in Africa, the first step in the [[evolution]] of the frog into the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reptile reptile] occurred. And since the [[land]] masses were still [[connected]], this prereptilian creature, an air breather, spread over all the world. By this time the [[atmosphere]] had been so changed that it served admirably to [[support]] [[animal]] [[respiration]]. It was soon after the arrival of these prereptilian frogs that North America was temporarily isolated, cut off from Europe, Asia, and South America.

59:6.9 The [[gradual]] cooling of the [[ocean]] waters [[contributed]] much to the [[Death|destruction]] of oceanic life. The [[marine]] [[animals]] of those ages took temporary refuge in three favorable retreats: the present [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico Gulf of Mexico] region, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal Ganges Bay] of India, and the ]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily Sicilian Bay] of the [[Mediterranean]] basin. And it was from these three regions that the new [[marine]] [[species]], born to [[adversity]], later went forth to replenish the seas.

59:6.9 The [[gradual]] cooling of the [[ocean]] waters [[contributed]] much to the [[Death|destruction]] of oceanic life. The [[marine]] [[animals]] of those ages took temporary refuge in three favorable retreats: the present [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico Gulf of Mexico] region, the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_of_Bengal Ganges Bay] of India, and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicily Sicilian Bay] of the [[Mediterranean]] basin. And it was from these three regions that the new [[marine]] [[species]], born to [[adversity]], later went forth to replenish the seas.

59:6.10 160,000,000 years ago the land was largely covered with [[vegetation]] adapted to [[support]] [[land]]-[[animal]] life, and the [[atmosphere]] had become [[ideal]] for [[animal]] [[respiration]]. Thus ends the period of [[marine]]-life curtailment and those testing times of [[biologic]] [[adversity]] which eliminated all [[forms]] of life except such as had [[survival]] [[value]], and which were therefore entitled to [[function]] as the [[ancestors]] of the more rapidly [[developing]] and highly differentiated life of the ensuing ages of [[planetary]] [[evolution]].

59:6.10 160,000,000 years ago the land was largely covered with [[vegetation]] adapted to [[support]] [[land]]-[[animal]] life, and the [[atmosphere]] had become [[ideal]] for [[animal]] [[respiration]]. Thus ends the period of [[marine]]-life curtailment and those testing times of [[biologic]] [[adversity]] which eliminated all [[forms]] of life except such as had [[survival]] [[value]], and which were therefore entitled to [[function]] as the [[ancestors]] of the more rapidly [[developing]] and highly differentiated life of the ensuing ages of [[planetary]] [[evolution]].