Critical Analysis of the Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
In the essay The Descent Of Man by Charles Darwin excerpted from his book The Origin Of Species (1871), he tries to describe evolution through the natural selection of accumulated favorable variations in an organism that in time form new species within which the fact that man is descended from a lower-organized life form is prescribed to, by giving evidence of similarities of the characters of man which determine embryonic development, bodily structure, sexual selection, cerebral system with those of lower-life forms and in which he evidently succeeds and it is evident that man is not a separate art of creation and is descended of a common progenitor like all other mammals and though questions can be raised against his theory in terms of Imperialism (when it comes to his own personal feelings towards another section of the society), Social Darwinism ( which gained new heights after the publishing of Darwin’s book) and homosexuality when it comes to explaining it in terms of sexual selection and though Man may have the highest of intellectuals and though he exhibits varied emotion-‘he still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin’.1
Darwin said, concerning man’s origin and descent,” The main conclusion arrived at in this work, and now held by many naturalists who are well competent to form a sound judgment, is that man is descended from some less highly organized form. The grounds upon which this conclusion rests will never be shaken, for the close similarity between man and the lower animals in embryonic development, as well as in innumerable points of structure and constitution, both of high and of the most trifling importance-the rudiments of which he retains, and the abnormal reversions to which he is occasionally liable-are facts which cannot be disputed.” 2
Of man’s creation, Darwin notes, “He who is not content to look, like a savage, at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, cannot any longer believe that man is the work of a
Darwin said, concerning man’s origin and descent,” The main conclusion arrived at in this work, and now held by many naturalists who are well competent to form a sound judgment, is that man is descended from some less highly organized form. The grounds upon which this conclusion rests will never be shaken, for the close similarity between man and the lower animals in embryonic development, as well as in innumerable points of structure and constitution, both of high and of the most trifling importance-the rudiments of which he retains, and the abnormal reversions to which he is occasionally liable-are facts which cannot be disputed.” 2
Of man’s creation, Darwin notes, “He who is not content to look, like a savage, at the phenomena of nature as disconnected, cannot any longer believe that man is the work of a