CREATION BY EVOLUTION 



animals, but our fundamental interests in life are much 

 the same. 



In order to gain a clearer appreciation of this general fact 

 let us consider briefly some of the mental and emotional 

 characteristics of our next of kin in the animal world. As 

 to keenness and vision, acuteness of hearing, and other modes 

 of sense perception, man cannot claim any superiority over 

 his ape-like relatives. Turning next to beings of a some- 

 what higher mental level, such as the apes and monkeys, we 

 find in them a facility for making judgments in difficult 

 situations which is often surprising. For some months I 

 studied the behavior of a small bonnet monkey, Pithicus 

 sinicus, whose intellectual capacities I attempted to gauge 

 by a series of experiments. Lizzie's level of intelligence 

 was considerably below that of the chimpanzee. Although 

 curious and given to examining all sorts of objects and, when- 

 ever possible, pulling them to pieces, her attention could be 

 focussed on any one subject for only a very short time. After 

 she had become quite tame and would perch contentedly on 

 my shoulder, she manifested an unconquerable dread of 

 being seized or taken unawares. Any unusual occurrence 

 would inspire her with instant alarm. Always watchful, she 

 was remarkably resourceful in devising means of escape. 

 She frequently surprised me by getting out through a half- 

 open door which I thought was adequately guarded, and she 

 skilfully obtained many peanuts and apples that I had not 

 intended to give her until she had solved a particular prob- 

 lem. In forming good, practical judgments about means 

 of escape, in stealthily getting food, and in making manoeu- 

 vers that involved a rapid analysis of a situation and an 

 appropriate course of action Lizzie showed aptitude of no 

 mean order. 



Nothing in Lizzie's behaviour, however, indicated a close 



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