Richard Downey Some Errors of H. G: Wells a Catholic's Criticism of the Outline of History (Classic Reprint) - Online indir

Excerpt from Some Errors of H. G: Wells a Catholic's Criticism of the Outline of HistoryThat Man's skin is not a monkey's skin minus the hair. It is far better supplied with sweat glands, and man can thus survive a degree of exposure to the sun which is Speedily fatal to a monkey. Man's naked skin is a conspicuous contrast to the condition of all the other primates and - sad blow to Mr. Wells, with his diagrammatic picture of foot of man and gorilla the specialized monkey foot may [thus] be ruled out as a stage in the ancestry of man.3 All this chatter of Mr. Wells about arboreal apes and his highly imaginative descriptions of Pliocene and Neanderthal man are somewhat beside the point, since no stage in the ancestry of man may have been very like either one or other of these extinct races.4 We are relieved, therefore, when Mr. Wells turns his attention, and ours, to the new human type, indicated by the third group of remains, the Homo rapiem, or rem. We are consumed with eagerness to know something of the antecedents of this race; we are thrilled to think that in this chapter Mr. Wells is at last about to solve the knotty problem of our simian ancestry. But all the knowledge that Mr. Wells imparts on this vital question is compressed into one single period: At present we can only guess where and how, through the slow ages, parallel with the Neanderthal cousin, these first tru: men arose out of some more ape-like progenitor.5 So, 1 P. 89. 2 P. 92. 3 P. 77. Sa'mr: Progrm, p. 90. 5 P. 52. Mr. Wells's italics.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.