232 ORGANIC EVOLUTION CONSIDERED 



First, anthropologists have been divided on the 

 question as to whether the different races of men 

 have had a common or separate origins. 



If the latter, then nothing so remarkable could be 

 assumed to have taken place. No evolutionist would 

 assume that it would be possible. 



Again, the absence of a covering of hair from most 

 of man's body cannot be accounted for by the theory 

 of natural selection. If he was evolved, it was from 

 animals that had a hairy covering. The loss of this 

 covering could be of no use to man in the savage 

 condition when he had no clothing. The hair is thick- 

 est on the backs of the lower animals, while it is 

 almost entirely absent from the back of man. Most 

 savages are comparatively naked. They need the cov- 

 ering of hair for protection, and in the absence of it 

 they provide at least some slight protection for the 

 back from rain. 



It is evident, therefore, that the loss of the hairy 

 covering in man cannot be accounted for by natural 

 selection. The loss of a part while useful is opposed 

 to that theory. 



Again, all the quadrumana use the big toe as a 

 thumb, while man cannot use it in this way. The loss 

 of it as an organ of prehension could not have been 

 useful to savage man, and it could not therefore have 

 been brought about by natural selection. 



The quadrumana are accustomed to go "on all 

 fours" horizontally, or in a more or less stooping 

 posture, while man walks upright. 



Acquiring an upright position could not have been 

 useful to man in his assumed low condition as he 

 emerged from the animal, and consequently such a 

 change cannot be explained by natural selection. 



Again, the human hand is far more highly organized 

 than is necessary to meet the demands of rude sav- 



