THE EVOLUTION OF MIND 



did we possess them, that belong to " lowly " creat- 

 ures which have not even a backbone such as the 

 ant and the bee. It has apparently been shown, 

 for instance, that the "homing" power of the bee 

 is independent both of sight and sound. Such 

 discoveries of unnameable and indescribable senses 

 bear not only upon the problems of psychology, 

 but upon the highest quest of philosophy, and also 

 raise interesting questions as to future human 

 possibilities. 



The attention which the evolutionary psychology 

 has directed to the child has not only added a 

 new interest to the possession of a baby, and 

 thrown much light on psychology in general, but 

 it has utterly destroyed ancient conceptions of the 

 methods of education, has taught the teacher that 

 the child is not a "little man," but a child, and 

 that his first duty is to consider the manner in 

 which the child's mind acquires knowledge. Fur- 

 ther, it has inaugurated a reign of humanity and 

 sanity in the moral education of children and in 

 the moral judgments which we pass upon them. 

 Instead of seeing "that old serpent the devil" 

 in the greed and selfishness of a child, or cowardice 

 in its fear of darkness, we can adduce, for these 

 and similar facts, explanations as satisfying as they 

 are instructive. 



Further, the evolutionary psychology has served 

 to elucidate and explain the mental differences 

 between man and woman in a fashion which pre- 

 vious theories have never been able to emulate. 

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