The Savannah morning news., 1900-11-16
y TmE GARDEN OF EDEN ouRs'
Dean HnII Thinks THAT the Flag Vow
waves where Adam and I've Dweit.
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Dean NAH Thinks That the TiRE Now
waves where Adam and Eve DweIt.
From the Chicago Record
Minneapolis MINI peau Hal.
geo,ogis, 10 the University Of Minnesota.
calls attention to the fact that the re-
port o. Or y. +. Bsker. ore OF tho Unit
Cd siatcs geolosists who went with the
army TO the Phmpp nc islands. contains
the geological history OF tse archipelago
which leads scientists 20 hc.iere that the
islands comprise the Garden 81 Eden. he
original home Of man. and that tho Ia
rslo of to-day Is "a direct descendant from
the man Of Borneo midway in develop
ment between tho ape ana the human
species
~ Becker says that during tho tertiary
period Of geolosil al history ihesu la a
were ln the mld.t ct swsmps nd shallow
seas at me very edge q tae VI dltaf-
ranean lake, which extended Westward q
the Atlantic ocean. Later fte hp.lpm %
the sea was lifted above land The Alps.
Caucasus and Himaiaya mount ins no#
stand as The hiRheFt points 20 Which me
ancient sea bottom OF im stcue ara
shales was lifted. The PHILIPPINES we're
lifted too 90 hat during TIE later paft
a. the f0MtANFAE OF ASIA AttA Nstn
~ land animats and plants TOOK ftlte
freely Then came "a sub tdence, Whc
ruf on the migration 0f animals 10 ana
from the island. ard wHn tn sdpsi-
dence begins a period Of great volcano
activity and huge quantities q lava were
thrown out and spread over the lana aNa
ocean bottom -.
There Be- no evidence Of land connection
t,.tueen the Philippines and Asia from
maj time 10 the present There arc evil
d.nces OF constant oscillations. upiifsinE
ana submcrgeuces. but no movements o.
eufgiegent magnitude 10 make dry lana
across the China sea.
hut the item OF special interest Is the
opinion a. the late Prof Marsh that one
Of the earliest haunts Of the human
.pecles was che Philippine archipelago.
with Bornco and other aouthWard-iying
Islands The great elevation which hftea
~ bottom Of the ola Mediterranean sea
into mountain ranges Ike the Alps AMI
litualsyas and the following suomefgen-
lies Of the area 81 the China sea beneath
ocean waters had a profound effect upon
the migration Of the human race ~
ehoa,ia be- proved" says Or Hall, that
me original home Of man was, a. Marsh
sscns 40 suggest. in the Philippine Islands.
,ben ln bringing under the nag the
original garden OF Eden We shall secure a
treasure beyond financial or political valu-
alton.
"Onlv "A few years ago 10 the island 81
p.rreo tho fossil remains we're found or
uueer creatures believed 70 be midway IN
d..vree Of development between the ape
ana man The ciimatia conditions favor
Inc the development OF animal forces APP
near 90 exist there IN Highest perfection.
The animals that were associated with
man ia the original garden of Eden, as
tncv we're driven iu every direction by the
movements Of che sea, and rivers OF Ba-
saot. show some marked divergences. -
those OF India. China and the Philippine
Islands are compared. II Is easy 10 see
how under such intense conditions the
nelgAb0rs Of the original man OF Borneo.
insulated on his own island 10 che north.
could have developed into the Tagalo Of
to-day"