The daily gazette., 1879-10-08
Ecilence Of Evolution.
PROF. CUNNING ON "THE ORIGIN OF
MAN"-THK LECTURE LAST NIGHT.

MAN"-THE LECTURE LAST kIGHT.
Prof. Cunning, who has been giving
series Gf seini-weekly scientific lectures
In the Opera House lecture room, devo-
ted Ills time last evening to the sdve-.
tised subject, S'The Ohgin Of Man."
The lecture certainly deserved > larger |
audience.
The lecturer began by alludina to the
vLlu BILE dis. 0vrry the la, PROF. A, z
had given to science that man sud AMI |
mals vary mn nature varies But to-day |
science can 20 further than that and..9tvo
u much more cOmpIo'e chain. In looking |
over nature IL can he observed THAT the |
hon 10 tawny like the sands over which
he rOams; the tiger motl-d and striped
Ike the jungle through which he prOwls
the J'0iai bear white, like the SHOWS that
mantle bis home; the parrot green, like
his tropical homo Of verdant trees. There
are thOusauds Of instances like there IN
which it II plainly seen that the color OF
aniuIaH In adapted to the color OF their
oa'ural surroundings But we can go
further. 4 ~
In Africa, below the confluen nee Of the
N 10 10 a region whose soil IL reddish
| brown, and hero the inhabitants are
found TO bs OF reddish brown color, yet
| possessing the natural features OF the
| African negro. He IN known ~ the din
ka. South Of this In country that IL
low lying aud whose soil is jet black AMI
mxrshv. Here the men are jet black in
| color and all the animals are Of the same
here. Now we And In observing nature
that there Ia a decided change Of form
and features IN animals. In accordance
| with The country they inhabit. The
eagle that lives among the craggy peaks
and high in the air bas siiUrt wings and
body, shnrt taions and beak and form
of great strength. The crane ON the other
| 4 4 Lac. not
leng b to enable him to wade IN the wa
ter, and form altogether the reverse Of
that OF the eagle. A similar Inference
IN TO ba fonnd among meN, aud
plain evidence OF it In shown by y com.
rarisou Of the two African natiOns Just
nj u.ied to. Tn. bonka negro in the
marsh land, which IL also the abode OF
he marsh bird. Is found lean and Iank
with elOnga'ed features anil long neck,
body. arms and hmb b., white iu the cOuD:.
try farther north which n situAted
higher, the men are more completely
formed. This shows the play Of another
series OF fOro-s other than that which
max es animals assume the color OF
their surroundings. We know thas
! these two races were once the same pes'-
pl. and the change IN the country has
i,.fi fenced them 30 ~ TO make them
, ,iiff rent in form aud color. II nature
can exercise no great o change on people
40 near together, what change mdSt
she give to all people!
} 1.is lecturer then proceeded 10 draw
} con lusions rs illustrated In tue races.
There were two distinctive races; the
str light haired rare, anl the wOOlIy
ha,rs,i race. These features ara dis
TN tive ami p.imival and ruu with blood
Hence, 1t is plain 70 see sbxt neither OF
thr w races spraDg from the o her. But
! It can iIe plainly proved that both sprang
J from the same source.
! An anatOmist can plainly tell that q
man who had wooliy hair WAS one whe
. was always In a barbar0tls state and tha
1 he with str raigh, hair belongs to race
n that had written literature, ana were
= enli ixhtened These two men had fea
b tures that were similar-high cheel
3 bones, fat nose; eyes slanting down
i ward and l,ps protruding. Now in Thu
y case we apply another biological law, ,and
that is, when you find . plant widely
diversified you may know It is OH. We
know these features are old, because We
, tind the downslant of the eye III the
Il Chinaman, the Californian Indian, In
!, the Indian of South America. Further
4 ". find 1t marked feature In the faces
h Of the old paintings on the walls o
Il Ninevah and among the mines of Egypt
2 We therefore observe that the inhabit
tants OF these countries had the down
i: slant Of the eye. 1t Ii . strongly marked
= aui ma, feature, and IL is always found
!, with the animal that munches Its foot
= There are features iD these animals thai
!: are also to be found in men. They have
!, fiat noses and high che bones, anu
i; ,ther features which II strongly empha
a sizod are not quite animal; If not, art
n animal st'll. These features being fOnnt
a IN ANIMALS that MUNICH their food, art
:: associated with that manner OF eating
n Now 1t can ba shown by researches tina
I. the Greek was q very coarse feeder, ant
g a very ancient picture. found recently
If represents , man munchine his food. Il
:: In not unreasonable to draw connec
i, ton that man once had these feature.
4 a. strong ~ the animal, ana overcome
r them by q change III the manner o.
1. eating. The only race that thoroughly
r throw of these features Is the ole t.
& which We belong.
The Professor then went far bacl
y into ea ly time when man was il
r his savage state, and Was unciviiZed
- and d, yided his course Of advancement
into ths,e stages of emplO, ment tn,
hunter, the shepherd, the farmer an,
the think,r. He hunted tfo wild beas
u and gradually subdued him. Man theI
e became q shepherd, supporting himsel
3 ii much more ease, and in this stag
II threw of the shackles that held hin
10 back and raridly advanced Now MAJ
70 In this stage was also farmor ami o I'll
y ler OF the soil, and devoted his time an,
attention to the culture of Wild vePeta
y bips. One of the greatest fields of ihi
= advancement was in Central Asia, ,whcr
,e are TO he found 25 of the n dOmes;i
a. animals known to man.
10 Evidences OF advancement OF this K n,
80 can be found in Peru. The lama wa
v there to be tanned and be subjected Il
l. his use und The wild vegetables Offere,
le themselves to him, and he TILED them
Ne So rapidly did they advance that wheI
n Europe was In darkness these peopl'
at we're teaching that the earth was rOun
M In their schools.
m ao In these laces where man advances
70 xere TO be found favorable circuu
u at ucrs. In countries where he RENAME
in his wild condition no favorable Oppol
tunitiss are TO he found. Give q ma
food for neither hand nsr brain. and tn
10 re-. ult IL that he Is puny il bOdy and u
q tellect, 1t is shown 30 in many land
~, to-day. In many places We ind wher
III thare has b. Gu arrested development
ne and hen development has Obce tee
IL arrest. d. it ls stopped forever. Th
ed ChinaMan passed TOO rapidly from IN
hunting 10 the farming sag; ne d'd nc
ad linger long enough ~ shepherd and
s- thinker. II nature drops thread In ht
o. work it can never he picked up agait
= and that was The case with the China
u, man. Study shows hat those races tha
~ have mol yet left the bal barOus stage ar
til doomed 70 intellectual darkness; natur
10 full of such failures. But the work