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==65:2. THE EVOLUTIONARY PANORAMA==     

==65:2. THE EVOLUTIONARY PANORAMA==     

65:2.1 The story of man's ascent from seaweed to the lordship of earthly 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 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 [http://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 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 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 [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.

65:2.3 The 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 parasitic behavior. Many of the fungi also represent a retrograde movement in evolution, being plants which have lost their 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 fungi. During the intervening ages all of the vast kingdom of plant life has evolved from ancestors from which the bacteria have also descended.

65:2.3 The [[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 parasitic behavior. Many of the fungi also represent a retrograde movement in evolution, being plants which have lost their 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 fungi. During the intervening ages all of the vast kingdom of plant life has evolved from ancestors from which the bacteria have also descended.

65:2.4 The higher protozoan type of animal life soon appeared, and appeared suddenly. And from these far-distant times the ameba, the typical single-celled 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 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 protozoan type of animal life soon appeared, and appeared suddenly. And from these far-distant times the ameba, the typical single-celled 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 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.