Evolution and creation

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The author assembles lectures and essays that draw on geology, paleontology, embryology, and comparative anatomy to trace human origins from Earth's formation through Pleistocene and Neolithic stages. He outlines the nebular hypothesis and stratified fossil record, surveys cave and continental discoveries, and discusses human antiquity and pedigree. Chapters examine the evolution of mind and the special senses via protoplasm, cell life, embryonic development and comparative animal behavior, linking individual development to racial progress. Other essays analyze the emergence of deity concepts, sun-savior motifs, zodiacal and phallic symbolism, and diverse mythologies. A closing section reviews European intellectual progress, and plates compare primate and human anatomy.

EVOLUTION AND CREATION:

HERBERT JUNIUS HARDWICKE, M.D.,
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS, AND MEMBER OF
THE ROYAL COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS OF EDINBURGH; FELLOW OF THE
LONDON MEDICAL SOCIETY; HONORARY FELLOW OF THE ANTHROPOLOGICAL
SOCIETY OF LIVERPOOL, THE SOCIETY OF MEDICINE OF ATHENS, AND THE SOCIETIES
OF DOSIM. MEDICINE OF PARIS AND MADRID; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE MEDICAL
BRANCH OF THE MALTHUSIAN LEAGUE; LATE EDITOR OF “THE SPECIALIST.”
HON. PHYSICIAN TO SHEFFIELD PUBLIC HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DISEASES,
AND TO SHEFFIELD AND SOUTH YORKSHIRE EAR AND THROAT HOSPITAL;
HON. CONSULTING PHYSICIAN TO LEEDS PUBLIC HOSPITAL FOR SKIN DISEASES;
AUTHOR OF “THE POPULAR FAITH UNVEILED,” ETC.

“‘Learn what is true in order to do what is right’ is the summing up of the
whole duty of man for all who are unable to satisfy their mental hunger with the
east wind of authority.”—Huxley.

PUBLISHED BY THE AUTHOR.
1887.