Charles Morris

PREFACE

CONTENTS

MAN AND HIS ANCESTOR I EVOLUTION VERSUS CREATION

II VESTIGES OF MAN'S ANCESTRY

III RELICS OF ANCIENT MAN

IV FROM QUADRUPED TO BIPED

V THE FREEDOM OF THE ARMS

VI THE DEVELOPMENT OF INTELLIGENCE

VII THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGE

VIII HOW THE CHASM WAS BRIDGED

IX THE FIRST STAGE OF HUMAN EVOLUTION

X THE CONFLICT WITH NATURE

XI WARFARE AND CIVILIZATION

XII THE EVOLUTION OF MORALITY

XIII MAN'S RELATION TO THE SPIRITUAL

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MAN AND HIS ANCESTOR

A STUDY IN EVOLUTION

BY

CHARLES MORRIS

AUTHOR OF "CIVILIZATION: AN HISTORICAL REVIEW
OF ITS ELEMENTS," "THE ARYAN RACE," ETC.

New York

THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

LONDON: MACMILLAN AND CO., Ltd.

1900

All rights reserved

Copyright, 1900,

By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY.

Norwood Press
J. S. Cushing & Co.—Berwick & Smith
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