An Amherst biology professor follows the ancestry of mankind step by step, from protozoa to worms, from worms to the first vertebrates with skeleton and head, and on to backbone, brain and the growth of mind. He then weighs natural selection and environment, and argues that love, duty and right emerged as part of the same long development, pointing toward man’s future.
A thoughtful 1890s attempt to reconcile Darwinian biology with moral and religious hope. Download the free EPUB.