, 1873-09-04
SCIENCE.
Topics Brought Before the American
Scientific Association.
Tho Officers Elected for tho Eli
suing Year.

p-o- a,r,,,or. l,,,i,a ra.I nonor m
uTho or,o;,, ~ sron,os z ,,l,,r,, hna henn r,van
IN 1,r1r r,s,n-,sr % ,rna r,,,,ad n ,,v pror nnl
prof nm ,,ooon viii a ,,,nnIro commentary on
tho stnto,,on3s nd a,r,,,,,o,,ta s,5rood hv rroy
ewa1low,. In rooard ~ tho nuuor,,on rcancct,no
Limo II vou ainonlv nocoaa,r ~ IN ntato thot tho
n,1ostion of tho oripin of anooica had MT hmm
rcn,lv oritatoa In ha dav. Int, 40 fnr ma tho owl
aonco want la anponrs tn havo ham t,is,,opcd tn
roenra oenorio types "a tl;root1v crentnl, md
anoc;oa aa modif]od DESCENDANTS from cotnmon
tvnoa uo fnllv arrood with Prof, Swallow TINT
n i,rro number Of psturelists had now sccsptoa
tho doctrine Of evolution, and III such numbcrs
ovon lint It might perlaps bo safely asserted
mat IN Eurono. Rayo in franco alono, a9,noat
n,no,tcnths of tho roally prominent uattlralists
of thu dnv woro oyolutlopiats, aud in this coun-
trv t1,rco. .fourtbs 11o especially insisted on tho
1;ntiuotion betwoon evolution nnd Darwlnism, too |
ofton confoundod. Darv1nism was simply nh |
exclamation ot the .todus operaudi Of evolution,
onr ,nonv ,snro ovo1utionista who wore not Dar-
"au .a"uS WY A. ..,,. ,,,o ~.
wilsls IN fogaro 70 1i,e asso,slon ,,s s.s ~. ~
iHtonco Of now bones and muscles could nos 10
accounted for by evolution, he claimed shut
ouo Of The chief iuctrines underlying biological
49,. ~ - ~ -, ,,.,,,~,o.;a. ,,,5 nm ionr,.
that the vnrious .oiemonts represented .na,' ~
tho most diverse u1embers OF Tho sanlo prancn
nro really Developed from tho sano ptimordial
elements, and therefore cannot 10 properly
,.1, - uai:s.., .,,1,o,,,,, ,ro o,or,ont
eaiiea now sfs"s'ohs' A'tAoasn uns '.e..t
In certain form may be represented ny sevofaA
in another, such multiplication ii simply tho fe-
suit OF subdivision Of q giyon unity, or Of vog-
osA, H. a.,..sa.. oxsat,,, n,,ra,;,,s
Var1aolo, anu t"o bupJee's oA"'''s "bl
| cannot bo brought togothor on tho
| aamo tlissocting-tnblo, In respect to tho
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49, ,a, l., ,,,,, .i,,o +t,oro woa nm r,di-
uas oietnasoa ~ n, oli'os ~ "a. r...,a1,4
mont OF such III Inc lo"er 1ofnls' ~ "as .nousn.
ths do1'ial OF O rudimentary CONDITION OF mora
! norcent,on ,yas not based Oh evidence. ThoHc
1,,, farma having no ,uoans of uakuR known
wv NV 1oe.an :Aauas uas t,,o,,nhtu - xaa not ooav
sner lnuein1o's 1uo"6'' ~. 49, .,.s,s;..1
to appreciate tho nature OF eno'r psyono1oe'eal
atu1ie1 thu nsyo],ical manifestations Of even our
an..an.,ant,a ,,nmco.1u m,,st he nhta
ootoesl'oh,ou aaAa uAnA'7 0S aa,,o,, v,,,;cl,
to roeall instances OF action "n!en
would bo difficult to account for
oxcapt on tho doctrine Of o more
or less'devolopod moral nature, Or at least tle 9
porcopon 81 what they sh9aa IS 90 p, ana
or tho inpod claim, that man vas distinguish: tn @
Cd from the apes by tho want OF tail, had been
too frequent. Man had oyen more OF tn taan
tho gorilla or chimpanzeo,-ior While 40 nas
four, or, by azchylobis, throo, coccygeal yorto-
fore: less OF tho o1ements Of tail. It was con-
coded that the gap between man anu 1no ',S ap'S
had not boon iiou ny laiophe%9g ~ nua n, - nh uus
not DO reasonably expected ~ EUROPE, aau mucn
less i'll this country but 1t WY y, % premature 70
insist too much on tAla gap ~ Africa a'la ASH
tho sole homes Of the HSlng an.nropo11ds' IT,,
aai have 9een EXPLORES & ,o .',,,,o
Much stress had boon lalu upon Ing ~ hssnnou aroa,
retontion Of charactera by tho apea aud tho great
differences from tlom e1hinatea , py man m pus,
by this atate,nent it is implied that VIC hayo
.nss md Of Ills we lave
patcontologscal evidence Every aays. Snpurl S,ara,
ence showa that diiforonceH may atloct diyerns A
agqas a IN es e aias ss or ans e osaa aaG
tho hmbs-are modified, in another they art
but little modified, but another set Of orgaut
arc. In tho case Of man, too, the great dlnor
exhibited by hs S appearance n ee a'
agreement in other respects, an agreement =, y
close that bono for bono,> muscle for nuscl
with tlo limitations noted). the yonors syyto'a ~
a other part ato nc nu Ttn orna ~,
Every day's experience, too, shows tho varyin9
lmitB Of change from given stocK. -, u inlgh
well be preteudod that children % unl'ko tne ~
sents could not 10 oi 'nusn pA,"u,s en,
not havo, originated from & e1lsun y; IN
wild forms, because they, on tue ono na1a a1llg
80 much, and On tho other hhna, Ing '9a asnGf oA
spring yary 50 to IRON inU pat'ni e onescatn
aninaals was not comparable with apeclnc ai'iet
onces We have therein IN assertion witnol
AS 70 she noto rnoo q nvoyet
ssa{e or or nomouoaura naaa Of soeoa Is simply ii
expression Of actual knowlodge. Little e1pe
1ienco in biology auilcos to demonstrate @ ths
and we are oonatantly obliged to doErado lorn
thc Gdi do not o.
ist but because the forms 30 distinguished u
! connected by intermediate ones: The bnilalo