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The Greening of the LandDay Three

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:11

The Rhynie Chert

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The first land "forest" (410 Ma)

Spore sac discharging sporesRhynie Chert (410 Ma)University of Münster above and left

Trilete Spores

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Sexual Reproduction:Trilete Spores from Libya

(Early Ordovician)

Spore Tetrads from the Rhynie Chert(Early Devonian, 400 Ma)

Showing how Trilete spores form

(Indicators of Sexual Reproduction)

Fertilized Ovum divides twice into four cells

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The Greening of the Land

And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.

Genesis 1:11

"Let the earth green greens (and) greens seeding seeds, fruit trees making…"

After Its Kind

What does "After its kind" mean?… is it a celebration of reproduction

or… Is it a limitation of possibility?

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