Christian faith in an age of science . missing link. The facts seem to render it well-nigh certain that in Quaternary time there was de-veloped a race of men more simian in type than even the lowest race of sav-ages now existing, andranging from the EastIndian Archipelago towestern Europe. Thereis indeed a wide gapbetween even the Javaskull and that of thehighest of the anthro-poid apes. As nearlyas can be estimated inthe fragmentary condi-tion of the Java skull,its cranial capacity musthave been not muchless than twice that ofthe gorilla, though theweight of the gorilla is considerably greate
Christian faith in an age of science . missing link. The facts seem to render it well-nigh certain that in Quaternary time there was de-veloped a race of men more simian in type than even the lowest race of sav-ages now existing, andranging from the EastIndian Archipelago towestern Europe. Thereis indeed a wide gapbetween even the Javaskull and that of thehighest of the anthro-poid apes. As nearlyas can be estimated inthe fragmentary condi-tion of the Java skull,its cranial capacity musthave been not muchless than twice that ofthe gorilla, though theweight of the gorilla is considerably greater thanthat of man.^- It is, of course, by no means cer-tain that any very fine gradations between man and * Dubois estimates the cranial capacity of Pithecaiithropus as somewhatmore than 900 cubic centimeters. Smithsonian Report^ 1898, p. 449. Thecranial capacity of adult gorillas varies from about 400 to about 600 cubiccentimeters. The capacity of normal adult human skulls varies from al^out1,000 to about 1,800 cubic centimeters. 258. Fig. 12.—Upper surface of skullof Pithecanthropus Keanes Ethnology. The Missing Link his simian ancestry ever existed. We have ah*eadyseen* that there is reason to heheve that the very largevariations which occasionally occur have played a con-siderable role in the history of evolution, and it is notat all unlikely that man himself may have originated
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