MUSIC: PRIMAL CREATION

PRIMITIVE LANDSCAPES. BUILD FOR ABOUT 10 SECONDS BEFORE NARRATION STARTS.

NARRATOR
Two million years have passed since the first man-like creatures walked erect on the face of the earth.

And the same miracles that permitted primitive man to survive in this environment ...

MUSIC: BLEND ROCK RHYTHM WITH PRIMAL

SUPERIMPOSE CITYSCAPE SILHOUETTE OVER ABOVE

... still take place for modern, urban industrial man.

MUSIC OUT

What miracles?

MUSIC CHANGE

CITY STREET AT RUSH HOUR

The miracle of his skeleton. That ingeniously assembled and balanced collection of bones that lets us walk erect ... and frees our hands to fashion weapons and tools.

The miracle of our skin. That waterproof tent that protects the stuff within it.

But, above all, is that most wondrous of all miracles ...