The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-11
rs yHE GARDEN or EDEN OURsp
Dean HILL Thinks That the Flag Now waves
where Adam and Eve Dwcit.
From INC Chicdfo Record.

MrNNFAporIs, MINI, Nov. dean Hall.
gnnlogist FL the University Of Minnesota. calls
attention to the fact that the report 81 Or.
j.. I. Becker, one of the United States geol-
ogist4 who went with the army 10 the Philip
pine Islands, contains the geological history
Of the Archipelago which lead, scientists TO
believe that the islands comprise the Garden
Of Eden. the original hons Of m n, and that
the Tagalp Of to-day Is a direct descendant
from tho man Of Borneo, midway in develop
mnnt bptwcan tho ape and the human species.
DR.. Becker reports that during the tertiary
period Of geological history these stands were
In the midst of swamps and shallow seas at
the very edge Of the Mediterranean | AXE.
which extended westward to the Atlantic
Ocean. Later the bottom OF the sea was
lifted above land. The Alps. CaucaS : and
Himalaya Mountains now stand as the highest
points To which the ancient sea bottom OF
limestone and shales was lifted. The Philip
pines were lifted, too, 80 that during the later
tertiary time the Philippine Islands were a
part OF the continent of Asia and migration OF
land animals and plants took place freely.
Then came a subsistence. which cut of the
migration Of animals TO and from the Islands.
and with this sub~ideace begins "A period uf
great volcanic activity and hug, quantities
q. lava were thrown out and spread over the
land and ocean bottom.
There j. no evidence Of land correction
bet Nprn the Philippines ard ASIA rom that
time =, th" resent. There are evidences II
constant oscillations. uuliltirg> ana sUlmcr-
gcUceS, but no movements oi sufficient mag
Ultude to make dry land across the China ca.
But III" item ~ special interest /, the Orin-
ion Of the late Prof. Marsh that one ~ the ear
licst hHuEt- % IA" human species was the Phil
ippine archipelago, with BOrneO and other
souihWard-lyiuE islands. The great elevation
which lifted the bottom oi the old Madilcr-
rauaau Sea into mountain ranges like the Abs
aud nimalayaS and the following suhmergen-
clos of the area Of The China sea beneath ocean
waters had a profound "rcc' upon the MIRA
tipn -! the human race. IF ~ should be
proved. says Dr. Hall. that the original home
CI man was. a. Marsh seems to suggest, in
the Philippine Islands. then in hrinCiaE under
tho fIag the original garden OF Eden We hail
secure a treasure beyond financial or political
NaIuaiiOn.-
Only q fnw years ago in the island 81 Borneo
the fossil remains were found 81 queer Great
ure- believed Ia he midway in degree ~ dcyol-
opucnt between the are and man. The cli-
matte conditions favoring the development
Of animal forces apuc1r TO exist there In ligh-
est perfection The animals that we're assoc
ciatcd with man in the original garden Of Eden,
a 'lpy were driven in every direction by tho
movements 81 the sea. and rivers Of BlsaOt,
show some marked divrfgences, a. those ~
India. China and the Philippine Islands are
compared II l. easy To- see how under such
intense conditions the ncighhors Of the original
man Of Bornec, isolated ON his own island TO
the north, could have developed into the Tagalo
OF to-day"