AS THE BIOLOGIST SEES IT 



itive man not man of the Ice Age but 

 primitive man of late prehistoric and 

 historic times lies in the possession by 

 present man of methods and technic 

 based on scientific knowledge not pos- 

 sessed by primitive man. And modern 

 man has gained over primitive man with 

 ever increased acceleration. His move- 

 ment of advance has been like that of a 

 snowball rolling faster as it gets bigger. 

 Many biologists believe that man is 

 already so specialized an end product of 

 his evolutionary line, that as regards 

 physical change and actual mental ca- 

 pacity he has reached the standing-still 

 stage. Certainly man today as individual 

 is not to be regarded as superior to man 

 of early historic times, of the times of 

 Greek greatness or probably even of the 

 times of early Egypt and Asia-Minor. 



In connection with the matter of 

 juvenile delinquency and racial well- 

 being the biologist's contribution of facts 

 and suggestions are of tangible prac- 

 ticability. The biologist says that the 

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