THE PRE-NATAL TAIL.
• Sir, —One of the " facts of evolution" ' served up to a meeting rcccrttly \7aa the r tail of the human embryo. Some were in--1 teres ted. others amused and surprised, at ■ the pre-natal appendage thoy wore underi stood to havo worn in their time of obscu- ; ritj. Perhaps it. may surprise them to . * leain that this caudal extremity is noli a ■ fact at all; it is only a microscopical > appearanoe of th© vertebral column at a ■ certain stage of gestation. Sneh ia a- ; sample of tie facts employed to gull tie . credulous. It reminds ua of tho stay of i " the tlireo black crows." tVhen men.. ; i leave tho truth they will run tmrnck at f auythins.—l am, etc., i Roslyn, July 17. ,J. CHMSTIE.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 14281, 1 August 1908, Page 7
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