Descended Quotes

Man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits.

I do not believe, as we shall presently see, that all our dogs have descended from any one wild species; but, in the case of some other domestic races, there is presumptive, or even strong, evidence in favour of this view.

Great as the differences are between the breeds of pigeons, I am fully convinced that the common opinion of naturalists is correct, namely, that all have descended from the rock-pigeon (Columba livia), including under this term several geographical races or sub-species, which differ from each other in the most trifling respects.

I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number.