Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature
Thomas Henry Huxley, the biologist known as Darwin's bulldog, published Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature in 1863, four years after On the Origin of Species, to apply evolutionary thinking directly to human beings. This edition contains the first of its three essays, "On the Natural History of the Man-like Apes." Huxley surveys what was then known of the gibbon, orangutan, chimpanzee and gorilla, from the confused reports of early travelers and naturalists to recent observations, and describes their anatomy and behavior. The famous frontispiece compares the skeletons of the four apes with that of a man, setting the stage for his argument about human ancestry. It is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, with the opening pages free.
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