Position of man in the animal series-The natural system genealogical-Adaptive characters of slight value-Various small points of resemblance between man and the Quadrumana-Rank of man in the natural system-Birthplace and antiquity of man-Absence of fossil connecting links-Lower stages in the genealogy of man, as inferred, firstly from his affinities and secondly from his structure-Early androgynous condition of the Vertebrata-Conclusion.
Even if it be granted that the difference between man and his nearest allies is as great in corporeal structure as some naturalists maintain, and although we must grant that the difference between them is immense in mental power, yet the facts given in the earlier chapters appear to declare, in the plainest manner, that man is descended from some lower form, notwithstanding that connecting-links have not hitherto been discovered.
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