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attrablebeesandthe
birdsheseedsfarandiltheh
hadbeeveredhgreenpastures,orlaydarkuhe
shadoeofthefishestoo
hadbeguhesea,andtheyhadleaedhoobreathe
phibious,
eansthattheyareabletolivehequaleaseontheland
andihefirstfroghtellyou
allaboutthepleasuresofthedoubleexistenphibian.
osideofthealsgraduallyadapted
theelvesreaolifeonland.sobecareptiles
creaturesheysharedthe
silenove
fasterthroughthesoftsoil,theyirovedupontheirlegs
andtheirsizeincreaseduntiltheedh
gigantishehandbooksofbiologylistunder
thenasofiegalosaurusandbrontosaurus
obethirtytofortyfeetlongandouldhave
playedhelephantsasafullgroplayshherkittens.
sooftheersofthisreptilianfalybegantolivein
thetopsofthetrees,orethanahundred
feethigh.theynoloheirlegsforthepurpose
oftovequicklyfrobr >
branchtobrandsotheygedapartoftheirskin
intoasortofparachute,retchedbethesidesof
theirbodiesaoesoftheirforefeet,andgradually
theyveredthisskinnyparachuteade
theirtailsintoasteeringgearareetotreeand
developedintotruebirds.
thenastrahinghappened.allthegiganticreptiles
diede.knohereason.perhaps
itate.perhapsthey
hadgronorwalknor
craheystarvedtodeathhinsightbutnothin
reachofthebigfesandtrees.everthecause,the
llionyearoldpireofthebigreptileswasover.
theobeoccupiedbyverydifferent
creatures.theyhedesdantsofthereptilesbutthey
the
``aeorthebreastsofthether.ode
scecallstheseanils``als.theyhadshedthe
scalesofthefish.theydidnotadoptthefeathersofthebird,
buttheyveredtheirbodiesaalshowever
developedotherhabitsheirraceagreatadvantage
overtheotheranils.thefeleofthespecies
carriedtheeggsoftheyounginsideherbodyuntiltheywere
hatchedande,had
lefttheirchildrenexposedtothedangersoflda,
aalskepttheiryoung
foralongtiaeredtheeywere
stilltooies.inthisheyoung
alsuchbettercetosurvive,because
theyleaednythingsfroheirthers,asyouwillknow
ifyouhaveeverchedacatteagherkittenstotake
selvesandhooheirfadhoo
catchce.
butofthesealsitellyouchforyou
knoheysurroundyouonallsides.theyare
yourdailypanionsireetsandinyourho,andyou
iliarusinsbehindthebarsofthezoological
garden.
ahepartingofthean
suddenlyleavestheendlessproblylivingand
dyiuresandbeginstousehisreasontoshapethe
destinyofhisrace.
onealinparticularseedtosurpassallothersin
itsabilitytofindfoodaer.ithadleaedtouseits
forefeetforthepurposeofholdingitsprey,andbydintof
practiceithaddevelopedahandlikeclaerable
attetsithadleaedhoobalahehe
bodyuponthehihisisadifficultact,hevery
childhastoleaaneanracehasbeen
doingitforoverallionyears.
thiscreature,halfapeandhalfsuperiorto
both,beakea
livingineveryoved
aboutingroups.itleaedhoakestrangegruntsto
anyhundreds
ofthousandsofyearsitbegantousethesethroatynoises
forthepurposeoftalking.
thisayhardlybelieveit,wasyour
first``nlikeaor.
ourearliestaors
weknoen.wehave
neverseentheirpictures.inthedeepestlayerofclayofan
anesfoundpiecesoftheirbones.
theselayburiedadstthebrokeonsofotheranils
thathavelongsincedisappearedfrohefaceoftheearth.
anthropologistsleaedstistsetheirlivesto
thestudyofheanilkingdoave
takenthesebonesandtheyhavebeeorenstructour
earliestaorshafairdegreeofaccuracy.
thegreatgreatgrandfatherofthehunracewasavery
uglyandunattractiveal.heuch
sllerthanthepeopleoftoday.theheatofthesunandthe
bitinghelderhadlouredhisskinadark
broostofhisbody,hisaraoo,
hlong,arsehair.hehadverythinbut
strongfingersadehishandslooklikethoseofankey.
hisforeheadhejawofa
alsteethbothasforkandknife.he
esofthe
rulingvoloesoke
andtheirlava.
helivedinthedablaessofvastforests,asthe
pygesofafricadotothisveryday.the
pangsofhungerheateraherootsofplantsor
hetooktheeggsaanangrybirdaheohis
oeralongandpatientchase,
heallwilddogorperhapsa
rabbit.theseheraovered
thatfoodtastedbetterooked.
duringthehoursofday,thispritivehunbeing
prolookingforthingstoeat.
desdedupoh,hehidhiswifeand
hischildreninaholloeheavyboulders,
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