306 EVOLUTION OF TO-DAY. 



in the possession of archeologists seems to show that 

 the first tools were simple stones which possessed a 

 peculiar shape. From this stage to their artificial 

 manufacture is but a step, provided we grant the 

 continual growth of intellect. Observation would 

 soon lead an intellectual being to discover that 

 plants came from seeds, and this would lead to the 

 habit of planting them. Fire is more difficult to 

 account for. It is very difficult to see how a half 

 intelligent race knowing nothing about fire could 

 have learned to produce it. But the myths of 

 Greece tell us that at one time man was without 

 this servant, and that finally it was stolen for him 

 from the gods by Prometheus. Our evolutionists be- 

 lieve, therefore, that even this power was a discovery 

 of man's growing intellect, due originally, perhaps, to 

 chance. 



A somewhat similar explanation is given of the 

 possession of language. This endowment forms per- 

 haps, the most noticeable distinction between man 

 and animals. There is no doubt that every race of 

 men has an articulate language, although some 

 tribes have been considered, upon insufficient 

 grounds, to be exceptions to the rule. But no 

 animals show any approach to it. Language is, 

 therefore, regarded as another discovery of advan- 

 cing intelligence. Its rudimentary beginnings Dar- 

 win finds in the various cries of animals expressive 

 of emotion, such as joy, or pain. These are not lan- 

 guage, but may be its foundation. As intelligence 

 increased, the necessity of communication between 

 individuals became greater. This resulted in the 



