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therefore, we are forced to conclude that man 

 must be descended from apes or prosimiae, we 

 do not see what reply Father Wasmann could 

 well make, since it is taken from his own 

 mouth. 



The most interesting argument for Father 

 Wasmann's evolution would have been that 

 taken from his own experience, but as this is 

 given only in the condensed form of the press 

 report we can merely surmise its force from 

 Father Wasmann's conclusions which he gives 

 more at length. Father Wasmann does not 

 claim to have discovered any new facts or prin 

 ciples, but merely states that he has observed 

 some phenomena " which are biologically ex 

 plicable only from the point of view of evolu 

 tion." This, however, is strong language and 

 he supplements it by telling us, "I wish to draw 

 your attention to the fact that accommodation 

 to the life of ants and white ants or termites 

 has in all probability led to the formation of 

 new species, genera and families among their 

 guests, which belong to very various families 

 and orders of insects. In some cases (Taumet- 

 oxena) the characteristic marks have been so 



