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The Descent of Man

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It would be beyond my limits, and quite beyond<br />

my knowledge, even to name the innumerable<br />

points <strong>of</strong> structure in which man<br />

agrees with the other Primates. Our great anatomist<br />

and philosopher, Pr<strong>of</strong>. Huxley, has fully<br />

discussed this subject (5. 'Evidence as to <strong>Man</strong>'s<br />

Place in Nature,' 1863, p. 70, et passim.), and<br />

concludes that man in all parts <strong>of</strong> his organization<br />

differs less from the higher apes, than these<br />

do from the lower members <strong>of</strong> the same<br />

group. Consequently there "is no justification<br />

for placing man in a distinct order."<br />

In an early part <strong>of</strong> this work I brought forward<br />

various facts, shewing how closely man agrees<br />

in constitution with the higher mammals; and<br />

this agreement must depend on our close similarity<br />

in minute structure and chemical composition.<br />

I gave, as instances, our liability to the<br />

same diseases, and to the attacks <strong>of</strong> allied parasites;<br />

our tastes in common for the same stimulants,<br />

and the similar effects produced by them,

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