Arthur Keith
Arthur Keith
Sir Arthur Keith FRSwas a Scottish anatomist and anthropologist. He was a fellow and later the Hunterian Professor and conservator of the Hunterian Museum of the Royal College of Surgeons of England...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionScientist
Date of Birth5 February 1866
discovery agriculture fertility
Before the discovery of agriculture mankind was everywhere so divided, the size of each group being determined by the natural fertility of its locality.
cities organization people
Tribal life comes automatically to an end when a primitive people begins to live in a town or a city, for sooner or later a tribal organization is found to be incompatible with life in a city.
country fall civilization
Civilization never stands still; if in one country it is falling back, in another it is changing, evolving, becoming more complicated, bringing fresh experience to body and mind, breeding new desires, and exploiting Nature's cupboard for their satisfaction.
ethics conviction concerned
My personal conviction is that science is concerned wholly with truth, not with ethics.
agriculture discovery firsts
The discovery of agriculture was the first big step toward a civilized life.
believe special alternatives
Evolution is unproved and unprovable. We believe it only because the only alternative is special creation, and that is unthinkable.
heart sky historical
The course of human history is determined, not by what happens in the skies, but what takes place in our hearts.
community endanger hold individual thus unity welfare
Thus I hold that individual liberties, so long as they do not endanger the unity and welfare of the community or tribe, have an evolutionary value.
accuracy follow man results science
A man of science is responsible for the accuracy of his observations and of his inferences, not for the results which may follow therefrom.
civilization earlier evolution formed instincts machinery main man primitive seeks suppress
Civilization seeks to suppress all those primitive instincts in man which formed the main part of the machinery of his evolution in earlier times.
faith respect learning
As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths, the greater is likely to be the divergence of beliefs.
faith respect learning
As long as man remains an inquiring animal, there can never be a complete unanimity in our fundamental beliefs. The more diverse our paths, the greater is likely to be the divergence of beliefs.