Fig. 16From: Ernst Haeckel, Nikolai Miklucho-Maclay and the racial controversy over the PapuansA visualization of Haeckel’s “The History of Creation” by G. Avery illustrating biological evolution from monera (1) to the Papuans (24), which arose from the primaeval man and represent “the oldest of all still living human species” (Scientific American, March 11, 1876, p. 167)Back to article page