Quote by: Jonathan Clements

Thomas Wollaston, in the Annals and Magazine of Natural History, complained that Darwin did no seem to know what a species actually was. The British Quarterly, deliberately sitting up trouble, speculated that a time might come when a monkey could propose marriage to a genteel British lady. Perhaps cruelest of all was a cartoon in Punch magazine, depicting a gorilla with a sign on its neck. Deliberately evoking the anti-slavery tract of Darwin's Wedgwood forbears, the sign read:"Am I a Man and a Brother?


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Author Bio


  • NameJonathan Clements
  • DescriptionBritish author and scriptwriter
  • BornJuly 9, 1971
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionScreenwriter