Search for the Universal Ancestors (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from Search for the Universal Ancestors

The day was calm. The waves that lapped the shore were small, almost lazy; they were the waves of shallow waters, not of the open ocean. A ruddy sun shone in the hazy sky. The slow stream that came down to the foreshore rippled a little in the light wind, and the pebbles tumbled here and there without much energy. Drama was not wholly absent, for along the skyline all but lost in the distance were two or three volcanic cones. They were quiet ju...