A Story Outline of Evolution 



Wild creatures obtain their food from the store houses 

 of plant Hfe or from other creatures whose bodies are built 

 up from such store houses. All animal life, whether her- 

 bivorous, carnivorous, or Insectivorous ultimately depends 

 on plant life. The wild creatures take their food as Nature 

 has prepared It for them. Instinct teaches many of these 

 that Nature Is not always generous with food supplies suita- 

 ble to their existence throughout all seasons of the year and 

 that It Is necessary for them to store away the excess of food 

 supply for their use during periods when Nature Is resting. 

 This Is a necessary expedient with many species of birds, 

 animals and Insects In their struggle for existence. How- 

 ever the creatures that have been domesticated by man have 

 learned to rely largely upon him for their food supply. 



Nature has taken care of the lower order of creatures 

 by giving to them protective coverings for their bodies 

 suitable to meet the conditions of their environments. The 

 warm-blooded animals have coats of hair, the birds have 

 feathers, the fishes scales and the lower orders protective 

 shells, all adapted to the greatest degree of protection for 

 the environment in which each passes Its existence. These 

 protective coverings are not sufficient to protect these crea- 

 tures at all times from the elements and from their natural 

 enemies and, because of this, they have selected and con- 

 structed shelters as additional methods of protection. 



The vestigial organs of the human body bear evidence 

 that primitive man and his primitive ancestors relied upon 

 the raw products of Nature for their food, the hair cover- 

 ing their bodies for protection, and the trees, caverns of 

 the earth and other protected places for shelter, in the same 



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