Tulsi Prajna 1993 07

SR No.: 524576
Original Sutra Author: N/A
Author: Parmeshwar Solanki
Publisher: Jain Vishva Bharati
Publication Year: 1993
Total Pages: 184
Language: Hindi
Classification: Magazine, India_Tulsi Prajna, & India
File Size: 9 MB

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Biological Position of Man :
Man occupies a highest position in the animal kingdom according to organic evolution. The great-apes like baboons, gibbons, gorilla, chimpanzee are the biological mates of the human. The fossil 'manapes' (Australopithecus) of south Africa structurally bridge the gap between man and his ancestors.
Man
Great Apes-Gibbon, Chimpanzee, Gorilla. Old World Monkey-Baboons
New World Monkey
Tarsiods
TULSI-PRAJNA
Primatos
Lemurs
Position of Man in Animal Kingdom)
According to geological records, the human came on the earth in the holocene epoch of the quaternary period of the cenozoic era.
It is about 3 million years ago that human first touched the land. About 10,000 years ago man used to derive his food by collecting edible parts of the naturally growing plants and trapping small animals. The habit of living in groups and hunting for bigger animals in an organised way was developed later on, the next state in the civilization was the beginning of organised agriculture. The man who is one of the millions living species becomes the master of all the resources of the planet. He started disturbing and even killing animals for his own interest. The technological power helped him to destroy everythings including his closests animals. Which has led to mass killing of animals for food add luxurious goods.
Similaritics with Primates:
Human (Homo sapiens) is considered to be a supreme creature with developed brain and belongs to the order primates. It is believed that the needs, and opportunities in an arboreal habit at the freability to climb by grasping a limb resulted in the development of the brain and powerful hands in the members of this order. The Chim