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62:2.4 Being small of stature and having keen [[minds]] to [[realize]] the dangers of their forest [[habitat]], they [[developed]] an extraordinary [[fear]] which led to those [[wise]] precautionary measures that so enormously [[contributed]] to [[survival]], such as their construction of crude [[shelters]] in the high treetops which eliminated many of the perils of ground life. The beginning of the [[fear]] [[tendencies]] of [[mankind]] more specifically dates from these days.

62:2.4 Being small of stature and having keen [[minds]] to [[realize]] the dangers of their forest [[habitat]], they [[developed]] an extraordinary [[fear]] which led to those [[wise]] precautionary measures that so enormously [[contributed]] to [[survival]], such as their construction of crude [[shelters]] in the high treetops which eliminated many of the perils of ground life. The beginning of the [[fear]] [[tendencies]] of [[mankind]] more specifically dates from these days.

62:2.5 These dawn [[mammals]] [[developed]] more of a [[Tribe|tribal]] spirit than had ever been previously exhibited. They were, indeed, highly [[gregarious]] but nevertheless exceedingly [[pugnacious]] when in any way disturbed in the ordinary pursuit of their [[routine]] life, and they displayed fiery tempers when their [[anger]] was fully aroused. Their bellicose [[natures]], however, served a [[good]] [[purpose]]; superior [[groups]] did not hesitate to make [[war]] on their inferior neighbors, and thus, by selective [[survival]], the [[species]] was [[progressively]] improved. They very soon [[dominated]] the life of the smaller creatures of this region, and very few of the older noncarnivorous monkeylike tribes survived.

62:2.5 These dawn [[mammals]] [[developed]] more of a [[Tribe|tribal]] spirit than had ever been previously exhibited. They were, indeed, highly [[gregarious]] but nevertheless exceedingly pugnacious when in any way disturbed in the ordinary pursuit of their [[routine]] life, and they displayed fiery tempers when their [[anger]] was fully aroused. Their bellicose [[natures]], however, served a [[good]] [[purpose]]; superior [[groups]] did not hesitate to make [[war]] on their inferior neighbors, and thus, by selective [[survival]], the [[species]] was [[progressively]] improved. They very soon [[dominated]] the life of the smaller creatures of this region, and very few of the older noncarnivorous monkeylike tribes survived.

62:2.6 These aggressive little [[animals]] multiplied and spread over the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamian] peninsula for more than one thousand years, constantly improving in [[physical]] type and general [[intelligence]]. And it was just seventy [[generations]] after this new [[tribe]] had taken [[origin]] from the highest type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur lemur] [[ancestor]] that the next [[epoch]]-making [[development]] occurred—the sudden differentiation of the [[ancestors]] of the next vital step in the [[evolution]] of [[human being]]s on [[Urantia]].

62:2.6 These aggressive little [[animals]] multiplied and spread over the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesopotamia Mesopotamian] peninsula for more than one thousand years, constantly improving in [[physical]] type and general [[intelligence]]. And it was just seventy [[generations]] after this new [[tribe]] had taken [[origin]] from the highest type of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lemur lemur] [[ancestor]] that the next [[epoch]]-making [[development]] occurred—the sudden differentiation of the [[ancestors]] of the next vital step in the [[evolution]] of [[human being]]s on [[Urantia]].