Simians

The simian tribes of modern times and the present-day human species are descendants of lemurs in the almost paradisiacal Mesopotamian or Persian peninsula. 62:1.3

Man did not descend from the retarded mid-mammals, but rather from a superior strain of the same mid-mammal tribe. 61:6.1 62:1.1 62:3.11-13

Some Andonites mated with their retarded cousins of the simian tribes, implying a quality of mind far above their later descendants. 63:1.4

In the Urantia Book

Man is not descended from the simians. (62:1.1) (62:3.11-13)

Bible parallels

Passages that the paragraphs cited above parallel, quote or reinterpret, from Duane Faw’s Paramony cross-references. Hover a reference to read it.

• Early man 61:6.1 — Gn 1:26-27; Gn 2:7.

Where it appears

Simians is linked in 7 paragraphs of the text.

See also

• chimpanzees
• gorillas
• monkeys

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