Thoughts On Recent Scientific Conclusions And Their Relation to Religion
Thoughts On Recent Scientific Conclusions And Their Relation to Religion
Harris Thaddeus Mason
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Lyell, referring to La- marck's '* Philosophic Zoologique, " says : — " Among other facts, the abortive teeth con- cealed in the jaws of some of the mammalia are mentioned, such teeth not being required, because their food is swallowed without mas- tication. The discovery also by G. St. Hilaire of teeth in the foetus of the whale is alluded to, and the small size of the eyes of the mole, which scarcely makes any use of its organs of vision. " Is it true that the mamm-alia swallow all their food... without mastication r Some of them certainly masticate bones and Yegetdihles^fazdedeviietix. As full license is given to conjecture, the following may be hazarded. If mankind were killed off before I 114 SCIENTIFIC CONCLUSIONS. coming to maturity, and before the wise tooth had grown, man, as one of the mammalia, would be said to have abortive teeth con- cealed in his jaws. May not this be the case with some other mammalia, and these abor- tive teeth intended for use in an advanced stage of life, which their many enemies rarely if ever allow them to attain ?
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