:14:02
And here, in the eroded gorges
of the rift floor
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in the exposed sediments
of three million years
:14:09
we have unearthed
the clearest record
:14:12
of the genesis of man.
:14:15
For here,
anthropologist have discovered
:14:17
the oldest fossil remains
spanning human evolution.
:14:36
Life has been profoundly shaped
:14:39
by the movement and separation
of the continents.
:14:43
Had not the continents been
continuouly raised and renewed
:14:47
life would never have adcanced
from the sea.
:14:51
Had not the continents separated
:14:53
Life would not have been
isolated in separate preserves
:14:57
to proliferate
in a thousand directions
:14:59
which evolution explored.
:15:02
Had not the climates and weather
constantly changed
:15:04
with the drift of the continents
:15:06
newer, more adaptive life-forms
would not have evolved
:15:10
to displace older species.
:15:13
Mamal might never
have succeeded reptile.
:15:17
Man might never
have gained dominion
:15:19
over all the fish and fowl
:15:22
and over every living thing
that moveth upon the Earth.