Haeckel Illustrations

Ernst Haeckel Illustrations

Naturliche Schopfungsgeschichte 1868 Frontispiece†

Naturliche Schopfungeschichte 1870 p.576 †

History of Creation Volume II 1879 p.308 †

History of Creation Volume II 1879 p.309 †

The Evolution of Man Volume II 1892 p.160 †

The Caucasian, or Mediterranean man (Homo Mediterraneus), has from time immemorial been placed as the head of all races of men, as the most highly developed and perfect. The History of Creation v.2 (1892) p.429

In order to be convinced of this important result, it is above all things necessary to study and compare the mental life of wild savages and of children. At the lowest stage of human mental development are the Australians, some tribes of the Polynesians, and the Bushmen, Hottentots, and some of the Negro tribes. The History of Creation v.2 (1892) pp.489-490

In many of these languages there are numerals only for one, two, and three: no Australian language counts beyond four. Very many wild tribes can count no further than ten or twenty, whereas some very clever dogs have been made to count up to forty and even beyond sixty. The History of Creation v.2 (1892) p.490

The value of the life of these lower savages is like that of the anthropoid apes, or very little higher. All recent travelers who have carefully observed them in their native lands, and studied their bodily structure and psychic life, agree in this opinion. The Wonders of Life (1905) p.393

Haeckel was the chief apostle of evolution in Germany. Nordenskiold (1929) argues that he was even more influential than Darwin in convincing the world of the truth of evolution. Yet influential as Haeckel was among scientists, his general impact was even greater... His major popular work Weltratsel ("The Riddle of the Universe"; 1899), was among the most spectacular successes in the history of printing. It sold 100,000 copies in its first year, went through ten editions by 1919, was translated into twenty-five languages, and had sold almost half a million copies in Germany alone by 1933. ~ Stephen Jay Gould