the descent of man: from the adam of dust, or from a pithecoid ancestor ?
In 1871, twelve years after presenting his theory of biological evolution by natural selection with the book On the Origin of Species, the English naturalist Charles Robert Darwin published The Descent of Man, a work in which he applied the same theory to the human species - apparently evolving from a pithecoid ancestor in common with anthropoid apes!
Is the Adam created out of dust by the God of Abrahamic religions a better candidate for the role of progenitor of our species? Or we need to look to Theosophy for a sensible explanation as to the origin of man - and of anthropoid apes.
About the Speaker:
Marco is a long-time member of the Adelaide Theosophical Society who gained his first acquaintance with Esoteric Science forty-three years ago as a neophyte in the Rosicrucian Order, then by joining The Arcane School, and then as a student of Anthroposophy, eventually finding in Theosophy what he regards as being the Ultimate Hall of Learning.
