Having now arrived at historic times, our inquiry into man’s antiquity need not be further continued. For the searcher after truth there only now remains the task of carefully considering the facts here brought forward and comparing the conclusions arrived at with the old orthodox story of the creation of the world and man as found in the Bible. If the story read in the Book of Nature be a true one, then man has lived upon the earth several hundred thousand years, and has passed from a state of unconscious animal existence, through innumerable stages of savage, semi-savage, and civilised conditions, to his present commanding position. If the story read in the so-called Book of God be a true one, then the world and man were created less than six thousand years ago. The reader must judge for himself which is the truth. PLAN OF EVOLUTION OF MIND IN MAN INDIVIDUAL INTELLECTUAL RACE ASCENT PRODUCTS EMOTIONAL PRODUCTS ASCENT +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 15 Yrs. | Science | Rational Emotion | Homo Sapiens| +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 10 Yrs. | Monotheism | Melancholy & Ecstasy | Homo Cultus | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 5 Yrs. | Polytheism | Reverence, Remorse | Homo | | | | & Courtesy | Semi-Cultus | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 3-1/2 Yrs. | Fetishism | Awe and | Homo | | | | Appreciation of Art | Semi-Ferox | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 3 Yrs. | Superstition | Avarice, Envy, Hate, | | | | | Hope, Vanity, | | | | | Mirth, Love of Beauty | | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 2-1/2 Yrs. | Definite Morality | | Homo Ferox | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 26 Mos. | Judgment, | | Alali | | | Recollection & | | | | | Self Consciousness| | | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 22 Mos. | Speech | | Semi-Human | | | | | Apes | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 20 Mos. | Concerted Action | | | +————————————+——————————————————-+——————————————————————-+————————————-+ | 16 Mos.