Andon and Fonta - The First Human Family

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Andon and Fonta - The First Human Family

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The Urantia Book
Paper 63
THE FIRST HUMAN FAMILY

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[63:0.1] URANTIA was registered as an inhabited world when the first two human beings — the twins
— were eleven years old, and before they had become the parents of the first-born of the second
generation of actual human beings. And the archangel message from Salvington, on this occasion of
formal planetary recognition, closed with these words:

[63:0.2] "Man-mind has appeared on 606 of Satania, and these parents of the new race shall be called
Andon and Fonta. And all archangels pray that these creatures may speedily be endowed with the
personal indwelling of the gift of the spirit of the Universal Father."

[63:0.3] Andon is the Nebadon name which signifies "the first Fatherlike creature to exhibit human
perfection hunger." Fonta signifies "the first Sonlike creature to exhibit human perfection hunger."
Andon and Fonta never knew these names until they were bestowed upon them at the time of fusion
with their Thought Adjusters. Throughout their mortal sojourn on Urantia they called each other Sontaan
and Sonta-en, Sonta-an meaning "loved by mother," Sonta-en signifying "loved by father." They gave
themselves these names, and the meanings are significant of their mutual regard and affection.

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1. ANDON AND FONTA
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[63:1.1] In many respects, Andon and Fonta were the most remarkable pair of human beings that have
ever lived on the face of the earth. This wonderful pair, the actual parents of all mankind, were in every
way superior to many of their immediate descendants, and they were radically different from all of their
ancestors, both immediate and remote.

[63:1.2] The parents of this first human couple were apparently little different from the average of their
tribe, though they were among its more intelligent members, that group which first learned to throw
stones and to use clubs in fighting. They also made use of sharp spicules of stone, flint, and bone.

[63:1.3] While still living with his parents, Andon had fastened a sharp piece of flint on the end of a
club, using animal tendons for this purpose, and on no less than a dozen occasions he made good use of
such a weapon in saving both his own life and that of his equally adventurous and inquisitive sister, who
unfailingly accompanied him on all of his tours of exploration.

[63:1.4] The decision of Andon and Fonta to flee from the Primates tribes implies a quality of mind far
above the baser intelligence which characterized so many of their later descendants who stooped to mate
with their retarded cousins of the simian tribes. But their vague feeling of being something more than
mere animals was due to the possession of personality and was augmented by the indwelling presence of
the Thought Adjusters.

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2. THE FLIGHT OF THE TWINS
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[63:2.1] After Andon and Fonta had decided to flee northward, they succumbed to their fears for a time,
especially the fear of displeasing their father and immediate family. They envisaged being set upon by
hostile relatives and thus recognized the possibility of meeting death at the hands of their already jealous
tribesmen. As youngsters, the twins had spent most of their time in each other's company and for this
reason had never been overly popular with their animal cousins of the Primates tribe. Nor had they
improved their standing in the tribe by building a separate, and a very superior, tree home.

[63:2.2] And it was in this new home among the treetops, one night after they had been awakened by a
violent storm, and as they held each other in fearful and fond embrace, that they finally and fully made
up their minds to flee from the tribal habitat and the home treetops.

[63:2.3] They had already prepared a crude treetop retreat some half-day's journey to the north. This was
their secret and safe hiding place for the first day away from the home forests. Notwithstanding that the
twins shared the Primates' deathly fear of being on the ground at nighttime, they sallied forth shortly
before nightfall on their northern trek. While it required unusual courage for them to undertake this night
journey, even with a full moon, they correctly concluded that they were less likely to be missed and
pursued by their tribesmen and relatives. And they safely made their previously prepared rendezvous
shortly after midnight.

[63:2.4] On their northward journey they discovered an exposed flint deposit and, finding many stones
suitably shaped for various uses, gathered up a supply for the future. In attempting to chip these flints so
that they would be better adapted for certain purposes, Andon discovered their sparking quality and
conceived the idea of building fire.

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But the notion did not take firm hold of him at the time as the
climate was still salubrious and there was little need of fire.

[63:2.5] But the autumn sun was getting lower in the sky, and as they journeyed northward, the nights
grew cooler and cooler. Already they had been forced to make use of animal skins for warmth. Before
they had been away from home one moon, Andon signified to his mate that he thought he could make
fire with the flint. They tried for two months to utilize the flint spark for kindling a fire but only met
with failure. Each day this couple would strike the flints and endeavor to ignite the wood. Finally, one
evening about the time of the setting of the sun, the secret of the technique was unraveled when it
occurred to Fonta to climb a near-by tree to secure an abandoned bird's nest. The nest was dry and
highly inflammable and consequently flared right up into a full blaze the moment the spark fell upon it.
They were so surprised and startled at their success that they almost lost the fire, but they saved it by the
addition of suitable fuel, and then began the first search for firewood by the parents of all mankind.

[63:2.6] This was one of the most joyous moments in their short but eventful lives. All night long they
sat up watching their fire burn, vaguely realizing that they had made a discovery which would make it
possible for them to defy climate and thus forever to be independent of their animal relatives of the
southern lands. After three days' rest and enjoyment of the fire, they journeyed on.

[63:2.7] The Primates ancestors of Andon had often replenished fire which had been kindled by
lightning, but never before had the creatures of earth possessed a method of starting fire at will. But it
was a long time before the twins learned that dry moss and other materials would kindle fire just as well
as birds' nests.


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