 | Michael Anthony Corey - 1995 - 474 lehte
...was convinced that "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" [Natural Selection and Tropical Nature, p. 202]. "Roger Penrose, Shadows of the Mind, p. 150. "Frank... | |
 | Roger Lewin - 1997 - 372 lehte
...obviously have need for in their simple lives. "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." And what of wit... | |
 | John W. N. Watkins - 1999 - 372 lehte
...developed so 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. (1869, p. 392) He... | |
 | Adam Lively - 2000 - 306 lehte
...beyond their needs. 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. Darwin could not accept Wallace's removal of mankind from the scope of evolution. But he did represent... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2001 - 368 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.2 Since natural selection... | |
 | Alfred Russel Wallace - 2002 - 1002 lehte
...developed so 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. Again, what a wonderful... | |
 | Michael Shermer - 2002 - 448 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."16 Since natural... | |
 | Selmer Bringsjord, M. Zenzen - 2003 - 384 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. 14 (Wallace, in Pinker 1997, p. 300) Darwin received a rather shocking letter from Wallace in which... | |
 | Selmer Bringsjord, Michael John Zenzen - 2003 - 380 lehte
...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.14 (Wallace, in Pinker 1997, p. 300) 13Darwin received a rather shocking letter from Wallace... | |
 | Timothy Shanahan - 2004 - 354 lehte
...acknowledgment that philosophers occupy the highest rung of the intellectual ladder, Wallace notes that "Natural Selection could only have endowed savage...one very little inferior to that of a philosopher" (Wallace 187o, p. 356). This is, of course, good news for the "savage," but bad news for the theory... | |
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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. 
