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The prehistoric period is characterized by the co-existence of two types of humanity:

pre-adamic humanity, or that of the homo sapiens fossilis, and adamic humanity, or that
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of the homo sapiens recens. For reasons which have been explained already , pre-
adamic humanity did not have the same possibilities of evolution as the new type had.

Mixed marriages risked bringing about a regression in which the tares might have
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smothered the good seeds and where all possible growth of the human species may
have come to a halt. The Flood took place to practically wipe out this risk. Bestial

tendencies had much less of a hold on the homo sapiens recens. A new start was

possible, and all the traditions have left us a trace of it. Son of Heaven and of the Earth

at the same time, man could now lift up his eyes to his heavenly Father. This humanity,
however, needed always to be firmly guided. Left to itself, it could only end up at Babel

and the confusion of tongues. It needed rigorous directives, a Law. The latter was given

to Moses. The Old Testament's grant corresponded to the Creator’s precise intention of

selecting the chosen people who were destined to become the chosen people of the
Good Tidings.

Heaven became accessible again. By his efforts, man could rediscover the road to

Paradise - that Way which is represented so well symbolically by Jacob's ladder.

However, the chosen people, especially its ruling-class, had a tendency to lay the accent
on the letter of the

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Supra, pp. 34-35.
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Matt., XIII, 24-30.