Arizona state miner., 1925-05-09
NEW LINK BETWEEN MAN ANC
HIGHER APES FOUND
Basic fundamentals of Christian Re.
iieion Destroyed BY New Accept
ance of the Darwinian Theory

DR.. VIM. c.. Matthew, Curator of
Vertebrate Paleontology of the Ameri-
can Museum of Natural History, this
week has issued an astounding decis
ion that Professor Raymond A. Darts
recent discovery of the fossilized skull
of an ancient Taunga ape in Southern
Africa, establishes beyond the shadow
of doubt, that the cradle of man is
in that locality. 1t is the intact un-
crushed skull and face of baby ape
the first record of a group of creatures
long since extinct, but which were
more human in features and brain
power than any anthropoid ape that
ever inhabited the earth. 1t is the
answer simple and concrete of the
thinking man or woman as to whence
they came, what they are doing and
where they are going. About CEN
tury ago Charles Darwin entered an
Edinburgh college as medical stu
dent. The world knows of his con-
clusions as to the origin of man and
its startling disclosures which aroused
the antagonism of the whole religious
world.
And why not? Now comes the final
climax. That of public acknowledge
ment by the scientific world that men
descended from the ape species, and
his present form, habits and industry
are the results of evolution through a
period of millions of years. The data
upon which these conclusions are
based seem logical and easily suscep-
tible of proof. But what about the
upsetting of the Christian faith and
teachings that man descended direct
from God and in his own image?
Are the religious tenets and educa-
tion of thousands of years all myth?
If the conclusions here shown by Pro-
fessors Matthews and Dart are cor
rect, and they are not as yet success
fully cOntradicted, shall the whole
fabric of religious teachings the world
over fall into naught? Must the era
die songs and prayers of mother
over her infant be accepted as cor
related superstition invented by
class rulers of the world for the pur-
pose of keeping the masses in ignor-
ance and dread of some unseen power
that Furnishes after the grave?
Wars are the curse which destroys
our faith. '"Tis mans inhumanity to
man." you will say, that develops dur
ances, that are responsible for the
great crime wave that always follows
Immediately in their wake.
The youth of our land who go down
TO the sea in ships and are taught to
kill and slaughter on the battlefelds
learn to know the power of might
over right. 1t is a provocative dis
position that grows and spreads until
the world is Mortified with murder
rapine, and banditry directly trace
able to war and its ravaging influ
ences When the teachings of their
youth are all violated by havoc OF
war, fortified by the assurance of sci
= entists that Christianity, God and a
hereafter are myth, proven by an.
thropOid fossils, Grass corporationists
jurists and the clergy of the world
may assuredly become alarmed
Commercial training and the art OF
accumulation Of this worlds lust and
wealth, regardless of how, when and
where 1t Is obtained, releases from
the average mind a disposition for
honesty and integrity. AS a nation
we are drifting to destruction on the
rocks of technical training, which rec
ogniZes everything fair in the accum
ulation of trade and profits. The ig
norant mind that isn't capable of so
called legalized barter and trade, nat
urally resorts to crude methods in ar
endeavor to initiate his fellow mer
who are in the class known as intel
iectuals, that profit thru profiteerine
and exploitation Of ignorant humani
~. His crude ideas lead to crime
and with the lack of religious feal
and responsibility his descendants fal
into the same groove. Earthly pun
Sshment will in measure deter
crime, but the fear of eternal punish
ment hereafter is the only panaces
for reformation and Christianizing Of
the world
This recalls the sentiment of de
partment store girl, showing the
trend of commercial education is no
in line with religious beliefs. Rea(
it and note the drift of the money
getting instinct:
After all, can money do all things
If so, why keep up this fiction abou
truth and honor and love? Is trutf
only on a level with the Santa Claus
of our babyhOOd? Must honor only
come down great wide chimney