Heredity and environment in the development of men / by Edwin Grant Conklin.

  • Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952.
Date:
1923
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Credit: Heredity and environment in the development of men / by Edwin Grant Conklin. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    special divine fiat, it was possible to maintain that man was absolutely distinct from the rest of the animal world and that he had no kinship to the beasts, though undoubtedly he was made in their bodily image. But with the establish ment of the doctrine of organic evolution this resemblance between man and the lower ani mals has come to have a new significance. The almost universal acceptance of this doctrine by scientific men, the many undoubted resem blances between man and the lower animals, and the discovery of the remains of lower types of man, real “missing links,” have inevitably led to the conclusion that man also is a product of evolution, that he is a paTt of the great world of living things and not a being who stands apart in solitary grandeur in some isolated sphere. But whollv aside from the doctrine of evolu- •/ tion, the fact that essential and fundamental resemblances exist among all kinds of organ isms can not fail to impress thoughtful men. Life processes are everywhere the same in principle, though varying greatly in detail. All the general laws of life which apply to animals and plants apply also to man. This