[Soliton]

Then you are the one consistent evolutionist I've run into. Every other time I've asked that question, all I've gotten is sputtering and fuming. Often, I've been told that Darwin never put forth such a conjecture.

The reason is that "less evolved" isn't a Darwinian concept. Nothing is more evolved or less evolved in a qualitative way. You can say more evolved quantitatively if you simply mean more evolutionary steps.

[MEGoody]

You can say more evolved quantitatively if you simply mean more evolutionary steps.

Perhaps that is what Darwin believed. I do know that this view of the evolution of man guided his view of the races. I'm not trying to use this to disparage Darwin any more than I would any other person of his time who thought blacks were less intelligent, less 'human' than whites.