Talk:Ernst Haeckel
Latest comment: 17 December 2023 by Lambiam in topic Asia hypothesis
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Asia hypothesis
The text currently states:
- "Haeckel claimed the origin of humanity was to be found in Asia: he believed that Hindustan (Indian subcontinent) was the actual location where the first humans had evolved. Haeckel argued that humans were closely related to the primates of Southeast Asia and rejected Darwin's hypothesis of Africa."
Haeckel actually wrote this, in his Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte (1868):
(English translation:
- "Rather, most signs point to southern Asia. But also perhaps Eastern Africa has been the place where primeval man first emerged from humanlike apes; also perhaps a continent that has now sunk beneath the surface of the Indian Ocean, which stretched from the south of what is now Asia, on one side east to the Sunda Islands and on the other side west to Madagascar and Africa.")
To me, this reads more like Haeckel was hedging his bet, rather than that he rejected Darwin's hypothesis of Africa. --Lambiam 11:28, 17 December 2023 (UTC)