28 HOilO V. DARWIN. 



Nor should it be forgotten that those regions which are the 

 most likely to afford remains connecting man with soine 

 extinct ape-like creature have not, as yet, been searched by- 

 geologists." (Vol. i. p. 201.) 



Lord G. To what regions do you refer as most likely to 

 contain such remains ? 



Darwin. " It is probable," my Lord, " that Africa was 

 formerly inhabited by extinct apes, closely allied to the 

 gorilla and chimpanzee ; and as these two species are now 

 man's nearest allies, it is somewhat more probable that our 

 early progenitors lived on the African continent than else- 

 where. But it is useless to speculate on this subject, for 

 an ape nearly as large as a man . . . existed in Europe 

 I daring the Upper Miocene period ; and since so remote a 

 period the earth has certainly undergone many great revolu- 

 tions, and there has been ample time for migration on the 

 largest scale." (Vol. i. p. 199.) 



Lord C. Man's progenitors, then, like this ape, may have 

 been Europeans. 



Dani-in. AYhat I have said, my Lord, implies th; t. 



Lord C. In which case, Europe ought to contain fossil 

 remains of our supposed progenitors ; yet you can point to 

 none that have been found in Europe. 



Darwin. The discovery of fossil remains, my Lord, as Sir 

 \Charles Lvell says, has always " been an extremely slow ami 

 fortuitous pro 



Lord C. Am I then to understand that, as yet, no fossil 

 remains of any kind have been found anywhere, which can 

 be produced in proof of your hypothesis no fossil remains, 

 either of the immediate, or the remote, progenitors of man ? 



hum-in. In answer to this question, I must refer your 

 Lo;dfchip to my quotation from Sir Charles Lyell. 



Uoniu. Pray, atk him, my Lord, if geologihta have found 



