Science - The Three Jumps To Humans Poem by Paul Warren

They say the alternative to natural selection
That took the human race into our direction
The first was the jump from one cell creatures
To higher animals that had more involved features

Then there was the jump to creatures with intellect
That could reason and hunt as a known fact
The third jump was from ape to a human being
To the people we are and the modern world seen

And we now know from DNA we are all related
To a woman from central Africa as it was fated
When we re-examine the Adam and Eve story
Or the Greek Prometheus legend in its glory

It may be that they have more credence for us
And Darwin's theories may not justify the fuss
Will it be as we find out more about our origins
The surprise is the truth of oral histories in the end.

© Paul Warren Poetry