THE EVOLUTION OF THE WORLD. 259 



ancestry right up to the earliest archigonous nionera; 

 the attempt was based equally on the three great 

 "documents" of evolutionary science — anatomy, 

 embryology, and palaeontology. The progress we 

 have made in anthropogenetic research during the 

 last few years is described in the paper which I read 

 on " Our Present Knowledge of the Origin of Man " 

 at the International Congress of Zoologists at 

 Cambridge in 1898. 1 



The Last Link, translated by Dr. Gadow. 



