 | Manthano (pseud.) - 1872 - 388 sider
...creature, if its whole structure had been examined by a naturalist, would 'have been classed amongst the Quadrumana, as surely as would the common and still more ancient progenitor of the Old and New World monkeys. The Quadrumana and all the higher mammals are probably derived from an ancient... | |
 | 1872 - 366 sider
...for genus homo. " We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World."* A large fossil monkey having been discovered in Miocene strata, his conclusion is, that we are the... | |
 | 1872 - 684 sider
...conception of self to be told that "man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the old world " ; nor will our pride be encouraged by knowing that "this creature, if its whole structure had been... | |
 | William Penman Lyon - 1872 - 178 sider
...some ape-like creature." " Man," he says, " is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the old world." (Vol. ii. p. 389.) " The early progenitors of man," he says again, " were no doubt well covered with... | |
 | Charles William Grant (col.) - 1872 - 98 sider
...gorilla ; " and " We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World." " It is somewhat more probable that our early progenitors lived on the African continent than elsewhere."... | |
 | William Penman Lyon - 1872 - 202 sider
...some ape-like creature." " Man," he says, " is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the old world." (Vol. ii. p. 389.) " The early progenitors of man," he says again, "were no doubt well covered with... | |
 | George St. Clair - 1873 - 296 sider
...Man's Place in Nature, p. 103. 2 Ibid., p,105. scended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits,...examined by a naturalist, would have been classed amongst the Quadrumana, as surely as would the common and still more anciemt progenitor of the Old... | |
 | Sir John William Dawson - 1873 - 444 sider
...on the subject.* "Man," says Mr. Darwin, "is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits,...examined by a naturalist, would have been classed amongst the quadrumana, as surely * " Descent of Man," part ii., cb. 21. as would the common, and still... | |
 | Manning Ferguson Force - 1873 - 98 sider
...Darwin's statement: "We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits,...the Old World. This creature, if its whole structure has been examined by a naturalist, would have been classed among the Quadrumana, as surely as would... | |
 | George St. Clair - 1873 - 280 sider
...creature, if its whole structure had been examined by a naturalist, would have been classed amongst the Quadrumana, as surely as would the common and still more ancient progenitor of the Old and New World monkeys. § 2. The Cause of Variations. The gradual lapse of time has now separated... | |
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We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the old world. 
