Erich Wasmann Quote

If man were really descended from a prehistoric ancestor, common to him and to the apes of the present day, there must surely be some fossil trace left of his branch of the genealogical tree, and not only traces of the branch leading to apes!

Translated by A.M. Buchanan, Modern Biology and the Theory of Evolution (3rd edition)

If man were really descended from a prehistoric ancestor, common to him and to the apes of the present day, there must surely be some fossil trace...

If man were really descended from a prehistoric ancestor, common to him and to the apes of the present day, there must surely be some fossil trace...

If man were really descended from a prehistoric ancestor, common to him and to the apes of the present day, there must surely be some fossil trace...

If man were really descended from a prehistoric ancestor, common to him and to the apes of the present day, there must surely be some fossil trace...