A critical examination of some of the principal arguments for and against Darwinism / by James Maclaren.
- MacLaren, James
- Date:
- 1876
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: A critical examination of some of the principal arguments for and against Darwinism / by James Maclaren. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![community of structure is not such as affords satisfactory evidence of a common origin. The human structural characters are shared by so many and such diverse forms, that it is impossible to arrange even groups of genera in a single ascending series from the Aye- aye to man, if all the structural resemblances are taken into account. If the number of wrist bones be deemed a special mark of affinity between the Gorilla, Chimpanzee, and man, why are we not to consider it also as a special mark of affinity between the Indris (a low form of half-ape) and man. That it should be so considered, Mr Mivart says, would be deemed an absurd- ity by every evolutionist. ‘ If the proportions of the arms speak in favour of the Chimpanzee, why do not the proportions of the legs serve to promote the rank of the Gibbons ? ^ ^ If the bridging convolutions (in the brain) of the Orang go to sustain its claim to su- premacy, they also go far to sustain a similar claim on the part of the long-tailed, thumbless S]Dider Monkeys.’ Gf the obliquely-ridged teeth of Simia and](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28077416_0461.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
