New-York tribune., 1903-03-01

they caDa6s Of satS Pns Se Of IF
evolution. moreover presents no advantages oyer
on account Of its inconceivabiiity as wen Of
of to S toy a s P
IN Ike do @ find 1T It nssneY 0 9th ha tue
raj selection advocated by the Neo.DaIwdtnian
ohP other than that Of the cave faun or blind hsh.
which to rest our views Of the factors eGn 6
certain that the inherited effects of disuse' had
ehasa chsnss no whch ese animals cave sun
suffered in IT. the past AeG35fng TO tell Yey S of ape Color
etc in the blind fishes can be explained dto on no
Of 'disuse' and While the admission of such an ex-
as @ fact Ie6PH F hS in
the hight of our present knowledge then SO mucn
IF therefore a5 inheFted effects Of dsuse are
s. Of t fS fss eea M
have been equally potent in the production 9l o.
fhs END IN of eVolattop taught BY Darwin and
am aHa s1 Of the opinon that this theory Of evolu
tion comes nearest to the truth Of them all -.
causes by means Of which may seek to explain explain
the progressive changes OF brain 81 @
IT is rst NECESSARY to observe That &, d5fTsnt TiFsr
degrees the purpose Of acquiring inform
The The h horse @ and the cow show marked attention
when confronted BY unusual objects Their sight sight
objects Dependence on smell is true Of many
bY this: as m veil as By sight As among the hoofed
animals the carnivora depend also largely t; on
paws in rare Instances. the raccoon and bear more
maRes this daicuit for ptSsm to
as 70 the monkey ON the Sfser sfdnce aana to-
study strange object; then, cautiously approach
takes up the object in his hands and examines t.
Only in food does he use his sen sense OF smell 5
traits and capabilities for the acquisition Of knoVl-
IS S Ier cy IN but 9r an nH actiVe desire for nor
tion Of all things new and strange IN their
FThat which is of most interest in this ,. Is the the
tremities in acquiring information As in n man an
e6EeT 2nspsG et ns sns o 70 Only
isnS;tE IN acquTing RnoWiedee Of the smaller details
pon the bran throughout inn1meTabe
with inherited effects. we may then readily pc
Psyehc eys sctvy and 9
creasinS mao bearnE on the Development of the
keys to a stage where the branching of of man
Gf mammals from H aHo3eP hsR
QUESTION Of Vital interest The evidence final
solution Of this problem is very far from c9mpifte @
not a Yet been settled with sat!sfa cton: Certain
species M Psrc the nd 6fEsyn q be aS vaoGs
referred to the priates have pro1a9.y Tery NOM
keys The oldest remains OF true and undsPpStge d SeT
are excellent reasons for the belief that they were
new types of sudden introduction IN 20 Poth npe
epoch they are t little b6Fs 6neTn; we
that reach the BrloSer OSAO10 w
There has been comparatively little speculauon1
upon the definite and more exact orsin OF any % %
less upcn the primates than upon any other HuA-
lev in a famous paper. states his belief that tnsy
European and Indian hedgehogs. He says: In
them more than in any otner srouD we tth P1s
n the ne pE.matescaFnivora no and unguiata
hoofed animals However much am dsincnne3t t
to dissent from the view St SO grsat be fact that
the very great increase in our knowledge OF tne
tnct forms these twenty years Pasf mas f these
groups It is true that the insectivora furnish 4
Iype OF cerebral circulation which might easily
anes At the same time it does not furnish type
OF cerebral circulation from whlch tnaI Oh 'A
!ahe Srestest dificulty in the way of deriving
the prnates from any other form or forms OF ane
insectYora-moles hedgehogs etcnat preSsne pneSsiie
powers Of the hand or foot Any group wa,t which IS
placed ancestral to the Monkeys must OF necessity
this condition fs made since its possession IS one OF
the prime requisites Of fundamental conslderauon
of the insectyora least, cannot be looked upon
as the forerunners Of the Drfulates. -. a..
oSsnt3s or rats beavers etc the only other living
mammals. which exhibit prehersie extremitieS are
found amSne ns fne te orossum Of AmericaOand the
evidence points very concusively to the fast 1naI
ali of them even those with highly modified limbs
s Ssscssd Ri
and feet. IT fs therefore not beyond ieg1unaIe maze
sidersbie Rro1p Of ancient opossumlike ANIMALS
living within the Arctic Circle Gurine tne IL IT
taceous tnss TnGse s1cb rron m aid exist It Is
far more likely that 1t gave rise to the
rather than did the insectvora or any otnef ~
regions VIII alone settle the correctness or incor
rectnesS OF this view. ana until such oiscoxerleSS
are made must be content with the results u
SnAcrIation."