218 Scientific Sophisms. 



problem." No wonder-either that though " tke 

 phylum of the Vertebrata is the most interest- 

 ing of all, and is admirably discussed by Prof. 

 Haeckel," l still it certainly does include " a few 

 points which seem," even to Prof. Huxley, " to 

 be open to discussion." 8 



And now we have reached the beginning of 

 the end. For (18) are the Prosimice, or half- 

 apes$ as the indris and loris. And from these, 

 through (19,) the Menocerca, or tailed apes, we 

 reach, at last, (20,) the Anthropoides, or man-like 

 apes, represented by the modern orang, gibbon, 

 gorilla, and chimpanzee. Not amongst these 

 however are we to look for " the direct ances- 

 tors of man, but amongst the unknown extinct 

 apes of the Miocene." The Pithecanthropi (21), 

 or dumb ape-men, come next ; an unknown 

 race the nearest modern representatives of 

 which are cretins and idiots. s They must Jiave 

 existed, in order to furnish means of transition 

 to the final stage (thus far !) i.e., (22) the 

 Homines, or true men, who " developed them- 

 selves " from their imaginary fathers of the pre- 

 ceding class, " by a gradual conversion of brute 

 bowlings into articulate speech." 



1 "Critiques and Addresses," p. 317. 



Ibid. 



1 " Natiirliche Schopfungsgeschichte," p. 59*. 



