ORIGIN OF MAN «1 



been called Pithecanthropus erectus, meaning " erect- 

 monkey-man ". 



Haeckel does not hesitate to consider lit to be at least 

 one of the long-desired missing links ; but Haeckel is apt 

 to deduce conclusions which he wishes to have ! 



Whether it will turn out to be such or not remains to 

 be seen ; for the fragments are really insufficient to prove 

 conclusively whether it be " man " or " monkey," or both 

 combined; but that there was a long line of ancestry is 

 fully believed in by scientists on inductive evidence ; for 

 embryology, human and comparative anatomy, as well as 

 man's numerous " rudimentary organs," supply such an 

 enormous amount of facts, that the probabilities are 

 overwhelming of man's descent from the animal world. 



These facts need not be repeated here, as they are 

 well known, and may be found in Haeckel's History of 

 the Creation and Huxley's Man's Place in Nature, etc. 

 Such have established the affinities between man's body 

 and those of other vertebrates beyond all dispute. 



The most important question about man is : How 

 comes it that he has developed a mind so much in 

 advance of that of all other animals ? Is it different in 

 kind as well as greater in degree ? 



We may note that man's body differs in the much 

 longer time it takes to reach maturity, occupying many 

 years, whereas a dog and a horse arrive at the adult 

 stage in a very {^w. Similarly man's mind follows suit 

 in requiring a lengthened period for its development. 



The late Dr. W. B. Carpenter suggested an explana- 

 tion as to how this mental difference may have come 

 about. Animals, such as monkeys as well as the car- 

 nivora, use their teeth for offensive purposes. This re- 

 quires not only large canine teeth, but very powerful 

 muscles to work the lower jaw. 



