, 1876-02-14
THE ORIGIN OF MAN.

THE ORIGIN OF MAN.
LECTURE nj rAov. 0uNNlSu.
Laat evening rrot. Cunning delivered 1t tho
Third Unitarian Church tho fourth OF his ssnca
Of lectures on Osolugy. Tho following Ia bticf
abstract:
Wa have aaying, the speaker said, which
paascB current In social AtnAtl talk, that human
! nature Ia tue same tho world over. II ia not
truc, Human nature is not tha eatne tho world
over. The bull-Gghts which throw Madrid into
an ecasacy OF pleasure, uonl1 fill Chicago with
horror. II was said that tho Chinamcn
| who worked on tho Pacific Railroad took the
J spado by the blade and shovo!ed with shelando.
nature In a Chinanan than s:eel el,a,1o ia liko
q wooden tpaan-llandln. These divotEcuceB, 10
great and 50 many-how did they come to %
Waro they inittal7 OF woro thoy induced? 10
gay tlloy wore initihl would bo 10 tlla spirit Of
| Agaasaztsu. 10 Hay they were induced would
! DO ~ tbs sparie Of DHwinlain. 10 winch view
will tho facts lead.
Tho speaker placed baforo his andooco group
| Of facls which went to show protective adapta-
lion hetWoon tho Color Of an animal antl tho
color Of it's habitat. Other fActa. dcliuoatel by
chalk, Rhowed relation betwten tic form end
structure Of All animal and ita habts of life
Ware thasa adjustments direct aud instantAno-
| ouB Tho speaker drew
TWO nEruEsEHrAr1vE NEGROES
fonnd BY bchweinfofth In the heart Of Africa.
Tha one. uougot lives On 1od. brown soil aud
| his color ia ted-brown. Tho nther, a Dinka,
| who Ia \ near nciEhbor Of tho longo, lives on
tet-blAck soil, aud bis color ia tet-black. HcIe
We llnd tho sauo protective adaptations among
| mon wo Ind found AMONG animals. II no a1o
constrained to think t,.as the lion was m.do
! fanny at once for tho tawny sand, and tho titer
| striped for tie Jungle. and tho Polar bozr wto
for tho snow, We cannot Bhriuk from saying
| that tho rsd-brown DohEo cAme from = rea-
1 frNwn AGnn1 maria fDr hin rpH-iryiWn anil
and sho black Dllka from bi.ck Adam, naaio
black at once for his black soil, and perchanco
from his binck aoli, But tho OLD i,eiof In direct
sna iuatantsu'oas ut. ~ cto,tiOns, . which long ssG
Out out Il ct. Se1sss noosy: THO sa human ] tsn!iy
III represented as trco with bratchta. The
speakor symbolizoa tho tips q tho branches,
ant, drawing lines downward. showodthat all tho
civilized and progressive rAces uf today would
1 - MEET N rnE-lusron1o rIAEs
II an Aslauo taes, called ;t tho Arysn. The r. nov
tho 4cmi-civitlzed aud sasa age rac"s. hc
thought =. would a!l .est, aSee agoo
in r.es, wh:eh le would >. caa
dominant raccs.-Aryan aud Negtitto. The
| centre Of tho Aryau was ABia; tho centre Of the
| Nogritto was Africa, or continent now on the
bottom Of tho Pacific aud Indian Oceans;
ycars ago Prof. Agasaiz pointed ont tho fact
zono Of human nfo. Tho speaker would
E-tAke ttlb htt o. AGAha'Ilhu lA'o y f6aMa
Which Agasaiz himsolf ald not ontoF. lio aaGW @
and dasct1peu t"n epecles o. man.Nke aug. Ing "
| homo Of tho gorilla Ia htr1cn INC hom9 ot INC
orang is Nrncn, once part or ASIA Aa COM
I pared tho gorilla win Tue pegro. Rna tne ofaag
with tho CnucnBan. Enc sane forces Whsch
had wrought on taa boay OF Tie negro
TO crisp his hait, ana cohpFesa hia
hroW, ana aatGen aaa as.n. w. saLle toiso .,.s
had Wrought IN tho aauo way on tno noay o! tne
! gorilla who shares n's tropk 1unelea. hna tne
Hsma forces Shich hha wfoneht 70 monty ue
body OF tho Caucasian had Wrought IN tHe came
way Oh tue ot1nG. -.
TIE PAEALthL DOES NOT END HShE-
Batueen tic blaek !nce anu ths ~llte there Are
| many ooftccttnB inks Bet"eon gorilla anu
oraue tho.o sH no conuectsng lInk.
but tho sttata Q! dsecce anu Nfanoe
hn7o rovcAtod t"o EXTINCT hpes WHICH
IN certain features , we're thtsrMealato ootWenh
gorilla md ornnG.. Ihe ccologlc fccoIa tcGeais
this iAw. hfG.natsorn heglns. uutofdst cur"
inmates In Woaleh OF species. sna taon utes
from tho middle outward. ueath sttlRch hfet ~
tho inte1modato forms, ana tho exHetaos sur
ylvo long 6iscf TUG eaaooc1tha hnss haSd :
pofidhoo' 81 Aat1te uaa "Aousns
among her mau-ltke monsoga And
10 running Gu 10 compete inc IarRnel. sne ~ !
WORKING AMONG mon. Inc 'hetuIet p1sseu ~,
bu5foy tho dluetent t&ecs, Aha Malita4neu snat u
nars e osns oi.;or o ss aoxn ns ei'e by sties ~