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theologians, if competent specialists, 

 after thorough and conscientious inves- 

 tigation, should become convinced that 

 the contrary arguments are cogent, i. 

 e., not merely probable, even if strong- 

 ly so, but clearly decisive, they may 

 represent these views to the Commis- 

 sion, or hold them internally, giving 

 no outward expression to them." Ob- 

 viously, this section can interest only 

 those who share the theological view- 

 point expressed. 



The first section of the pamphlet, 

 however, is devoted to "Human Evo- 

 lution and Science," and to an osten- 

 sible consideration of the scientific 

 evidence. In summary, virtually all 

 authorities cited are either no author- 

 ities at all, or antiquated; or else short 

 quotations, out of context, are used 

 to convey a meaning differing from 

 that originally intended. (In other 

 words, the usual bag of tricks of the 

 anti-evolution propagandist.) It seems 

 hardly necessary to list examples in 

 detail. The changes are rung on the 

 Piltdown skull, in entire ignorance of 

 the fact that a second case of the same 

 kind of association has been known 

 for nearly ten years. A misleading im- 

 pression is given that the Heidelberg 

 jaw is mainly reconstructed. As a mat- 

 ter of fact, this fossil jaw is complete, 

 except for a few teeth, and is unres- 

 tored. He makes the Rhodesian man 

 sound very modern by listing all char- 

 acters resembling modern man, and 

 (|uietly omitting the primitive char- 

 acters. (This is also a characteristic 

 trick.) A few differences between mon- 

 keys and man are cited. Obviously, 

 there must be differences between any 

 two kinds of animals; if there were 

 not, they would be the same kind of 

 animal! 



He implies that all our knowl- 

 edge of the Neanderthal race rests on 

 the original skull-cap discovered. Ac- 

 tually, parts of dozens of individuals, 

 including several skulls and skeletons, 

 have since been found. Under the 

 heading, "Some Recent Fiascos," the 

 "Patagonian skull" and the "second 

 Java skull" are treated as if they were 

 errors of scientists, instead of mere 

 newspaper canards, about on the level 

 of a reported sight of a flock of sea- 

 serpents off Coney Island. There is 

 also the usual gloat about Hesperopi- 

 thecus, discussed by Ward in this jour- 

 nal (Vol. I, No. 6, p. 3). However, 

 the last word may not have been said 

 on this subject. Finally, the denial 

 that gill-slits exist in the human em- 

 bryo, indistinguishable from those 

 present in a corresponding stage of 

 the shark embryo, is contrary to fact. 

 Obviously they do not develop into 

 gills in the adult, as we have no gills. 

 Citations of this kind could be multi- 

 plied a-d nauseam, but these are a fair 

 sample, as the rest of the discussion 

 is of the same order. 



One more quotation: — "The Old 

 Testament and the New Testament 



to Adam and Eve, the fall, original 

 sin, the promise of redemption. Deny 

 the oneness of parentage of the human 

 race, you deny the fall, and its con- 

 sequently transmitted original sin; 

 den}' the fall and its consequently 

 transmitted original sin, you deny the 

 need of redemption; deny redemption, 

 you deny Christ, and Christianity be- 

 comes the baseless assumption its en- 

 emies claim it is." — Horace Elmer 

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