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Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution By: Charles Morris (1833-1922) |
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MAN AND HIS ANCESTOR A STUDY IN EVOLUTION BY CHARLES MORRIS AUTHOR OF "CIVILIZATION: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW
OF ITS ELEMENTS," "THE ARYAN RACE," ETC. New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., LTD. 1900 All rights reserved
COPYRIGHT, 1900,
BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co. Berwick & Smith
Norwood Mass. U.S.A.
PREFACE
It would be difficult to find any intelligent person in this age of the
world who has not some theory or opinion in regard to the origin of man,
and perhaps almost as difficult to find any such person who can give a
good and sufficient reason for the faith that is in him. This is
especially the case with those who look upon man as a product of
evolution, a natural outgrowth from the world of lower life, since here
simple faith or ancient authority is not sufficient, as in the creation
hypothesis, but scientific evidence and logical argument are necessary.
It is to enable this class of readers to test the quality and
sufficiency of their belief that this book has been prepared. The question of the evolutionary origin of man has been by no means
neglected by recent authors, yet it has been dealt with chiefly as a
side issue in works of a more extended purpose, and largely in technical
language, simple to the scientist, but difficult to the general reader.
The only work that makes this subject its leading theme, Darwin's
"Descent of Man," adds to it a still longer treatise on "Sexual
Selection," so that the subject of man's evolutionary origin cannot be
said to have been yet dealt with for itself alone. Darwin's work,
moreover, is now nearly thirty years old, and to this extent antiquated,
while at best it cannot be considered as well suited for general
reading. These considerations have given rise to the present work, in which an
effort has been made to present the subject of man's origin in a popular
manner, to dwell on the various significant facts that have been
discovered since Darwin's time, and to offer certain lines of evidence
never before presented in this connection, and which seem to add much
strength to the general argument. The subject is one of such widespread interest as to make it probable
that a plain and brief presentation of it will be acceptable, both to
enable those who are evolutionists in principle to learn on what grounds
their acceptance of this phase of evolution stands, and to aid those who
are at sea on the whole subject of man's origin to reach some fixed
conclusion. For these purposes this little book has been set afloat,
with the hope that it may carry some doubters to solid land and teach
some believers the fundamental elements of their faith.
CONTENTS
CHAPTER PAGE I. EVOLUTION VERSUS CREATION 1 II. VESTIGES OF MAN'S ANCESTRY 5 III. RELICS OF ANCIENT MAN 21 IV. FROM QUADRUPED TO BIPED 39 V. THE FREEDOM OF THE ARMS 54 VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE 68 VII. THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE 100 VIII. HOW THE CHASM WAS BRIDGED 111 IX. THE FIRST STAGE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION 130 X. THE CONFLICT WITH NATURE 158 XI. WARFARE AND CIVILIZATION 195 XII. THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY 206 XIII. MAN'S RELATION TO THE SPIRITUAL 225
MAN AND HIS ANCESTOR I EVOLUTION VERSUS CREATION
In any consideration of the origin of man we are necessarily restricted
to two views: one, that he is the outcome of a development from the
lower animals; the other, that he came into existence through direct
creation. No third mode of origin can be conceived, and we may safely
confine ourselves to a review of these two claims... Continue reading book >>
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