“At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races. At the same time the anthropomorphous apes, as Professor Schaaffhausen has remarked, will no doubt be exterminated. The break will then be rendered wider, for it will intervene between man in a more civilised state as we may hope, than the Caucasian and some ape as low as a baboon, instead of as at present between the negro or Australian and the gorilla.”
Quote by Charles Darwin
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Charles Darwin's comprehensive examination of human evolution, incorporating his theory of natural selection and its application to human characteristics and behaviors. more
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