Was Man Created?

by Henry A. Mott

Fig. I.—Represents the Gilled Amphibians (Soyobranchia). The Axolotl (Siredon pisciforme), after Tegetmeier. The ordinary form with persistent branchiæ.

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Fig. II.—Proteus Anguinus. Europe.—Orton.

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Fig. III.—Represents the Tailed Amphibians (Soyura). Great Water-Newt (Triton cristatus), after Bell.

From the marsupialia originated a most interesting small group of semi-apes (prosimiæ), for they are the primary forms of genuine apes and consequently of man. They developed out of handed or ape-footed marsupials (pedumana), of rat-like appearance, by the formation of a placenta, the loss of the marsupium and the marsupial bones, and by the higher development of the commissures of the brain. The still-living short-footed semi-ape (brachytarsi), especially the muki, indie and lori, possess possibly a faint resemblance.