| Sir Daniel Wilson - 1892 - 432 lehte
...with a brain a little superior to that of an ape, 1 Limits of Natural Selection, as applied to Man, whereas he actually possesses one very little inferior to that of a philosopher." Yet neither Mr. Wallace, nor Professor Huxley when controverting this argument, withholds a due recognition... | |
| British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894 - 1272 lehte
...capacity. ' Natural selection,' he writes, ' could only have endowed savage man wi th a brain a few degrees superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses...one very little inferior to that of a philosopher.' This deficiency in the organic forces of nature he essays to supply by calling in the guiding influence... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - 1916 - 352 lehte
...developed far beyond the needs of its possessor ? Natural Selection could only have endowed the savage with a brain a little superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses one but very little inferior to that of the average members of our learned societies." This passage is... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - 1916 - 564 lehte
...developed far beyond the needs of its possessor? Natural Selection could only have endowed the savage with a brain a little superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses one but very little inferior to that of the average members of our learned societies." This passage is... | |
| Alfred Russel Wallace, Sir James Marchant - 1916 - 530 lehte
...developed far beyond the needs of its possessor? Natural Selection could only have endowed the savage with a brain a little superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses one but very little inferior to that of the average members of our learned societies." This passage is... | |
| Robert Boakes - 1984 - 298 lehte
...not have produced the human brain: 'Natural selection could only have endowed the savage with a brain little superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses one but very little inferior to that of the average member of our learned societies'. In his struggles... | |
| T. Ingold - 1986 - 460 lehte
...purposes, especially whilst they remained in the state of savagery. 'Natural selection', Wallace wrote, 'could only have endowed savage man with a brain a...one very little inferior to that of a philosopher' (1870:356; for a recent expression of the same view, see Williams 1966:14-15). Progress towards civilization... | |
| Helena Cronin - 1991 - 510 lehte
...on potentialities: 'Natural selection could only have endowed savage man with a brain a few degrees superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses...one very little inferior to that of a philosopher' (Wallace 1891, p. 202). So natural selection could not have been responsible for 'the higher feelings... | |
| Robert Evan Ornstein - 1992 - 324 lehte
...natural selection: "Natural selection could only have endowed savage man with a brain a few degrees superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses...one very little inferior to that of a philosopher." If the brain of "savages" — his term for human ancestors as well as modern primitives — was outfitted... | |
| Michael Anthony Corey - 1994 - 452 lehte
...beyond those wants . . . Natural selection could only have endowed savage man with a brain a few degrees superior to that of an ape, whereas he actually possesses one very little inferior to that of a philosopher.36 Such a penetrating observation is utterly damaging to the non-theistic theory of evolution... | |
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