We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World. The Story of the Earth and Man - Page 257by Sir John William Dawson - 1873 - 403 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1870 - 406 pages
...our time. The first Adam of Science, according to its chief prophet, is " an ape-like creature," — "a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed...in its habits and an inhabitant of the Old World." The first Adam of Scripture suddenly leaps into life by the quickening breath of the Almighty, and... | |
| James Hogg, Florence Marryat - English literature - 1871 - 822 pages
...tolerance. The general theory of the work is thus broadly stated (ii. 389): ' We thus learn (query) that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...naturalist, would have been classed amongst the quadrumana, ns surely as would the common, and still more ancient progenitor of the Old and New World monkeys.... | |
| Literature - 1878 - 920 pages
...of Science. Mr. Charles Darwin only repeats Helvetius and Lord Monboddo when he tells us, " that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World." Mr. Spencer literally follows David Hume, when he asserts that the illusion of the freedom of the will... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1871 - 508 pages
...approximately place them in their proper position in the zoological series. We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...have been classed amongst the Quadrumana, as surely as would the common and still more ancient progenitor of the Old and New World monkeys. The Quadrumana... | |
| 1871 - 778 pages
...approximately place them in their proper position in the zoological series. We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped furnished with...examined by a naturalist, would have been classed among the Quadrumana, as surely as would the common and still more ancient progenitor of the Old and... | |
| Charles Darwin - Evolution (Biology) - 1871 - 470 pages
...that man is descended from a hairy quadrupedTTurnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably aboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World....examined by a naturalist, would have been classed among the Quadrumana, as surely as would the common and still more ancient progenitor of the Old and... | |
| 1871 - 588 pages
...among the inferior animals the monkey is our nearest of kin ! Mr. Darwin says : ' ^Ye lenrn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the old world ; ' and lie adduces ' a small projection of the helix, or outward fold of the human ear, к a vestige... | |
| Great Britain - 1871 - 636 pages
...frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." He adduces many arguments for the belief that " man is descended. from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old 'World." He concludes that " man is the co-descendant with other mammals of a common progenitor." And this genealogy... | |
| Science - 1871 - 598 pages
...but deprived of the same advantages of circumstances or of education. Mr. Darwin believes that " man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World ; " though again we are not specifically informed whether this creature is the missing link between... | |
| James Samuelson, William Crookes - Science - 1871 - 616 pages
...but deprived of the same advantages of circumstances or of education. Mr. Darwin believes that " man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with...in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World ; " though again we are not specifically informed whether this creature is the missing link between... | |
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