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I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in the field of anthropology.

Henry Fairfield Osborn

I am perhaps more proud of having helped to redeem the character of the cave-man than of any other single achievement of mine in the field of anthropology.

Tags: achievements, anthropology, biology, cave man, character, evolution, human evolution, science

No existing form of anthropoid ape is even remotely related to the stock which has given rise to man.

Henry Fairfield Osborn

No existing form of anthropoid ape is even remotely related to the stock which has given rise to man.

Tags: anthropoid, apes, biology, evolution, homo sapiens, human evolution, humans, man, primates, relation

About Author
Henry Fairfield Osborn, Sr. (August 8, 1857 – November 6, 1935) was an American paleontologist, geologist and eugenics advocate. He was the president of the American Museum of Natural History for 25 years and a cofounder of the American Eugenics Society.

Quite recently the human descent theory has been stigmatized as the 'gorilla theory of human ancestry.' All this despite the fact that Darwin himself, in the days when not a single bit of evidence reg...

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Quite recently the human descent theory has been stigmatized as the 'gorilla theory of human ancestry.' All this despite the fact that Darwin himself, in the days when not a single bit of evidence reg...

Tags: ancestor, biology, charles darwin, darwin, evidence, evolution, fossils, human descent, human evolution, monkey

Today the earth speaks with resonance and clearness and every ear in every civilized country of the world is attuned to its wonderful message of the creative evolution of man, except the ear of Willia...

Henry Fairfield Osborn

Today the earth speaks with resonance and clearness and every ear in every civilized country of the world is attuned to its wonderful message of the creative evolution of man, except the ear of Willia...

Tags: evidence, evolution, evolution vs religion, facts, john scopes, monkey trial, nature, science, scopes monkey trial, scopes trial

The Earth Speaks, clearly, distinctly, and, in many of the realms of Nature, loudly, to William Jennings Bryan, but he fails to hear a single sound. The earth speaks from the remotest periods in its w...

Henry Fairfield Osborn

The Earth Speaks, clearly, distinctly, and, in many of the realms of Nature, loudly, to William Jennings Bryan, but he fails to hear a single sound. The earth speaks from the remotest periods in its w...

Tags: biology, evidence, evolution, facts, john scopes, monkey trial, science, scientific theory, scopes monkey trial, scopes trial