Letters from a Father | Episode 5 | The Animals Appear

 

In this letter, Nehru explains Darwin's Theory of Evolution in simple language. He tells how the higher animals, such as lizards and mammals descended from simple sea animals. In the end he writes that "as each animal gradually adapted himself to his surroundings and became better and better, so also man at first was only a better ape. Of course he went on, or nature went on, improving him, and now man thinks no end of himself. He imagines himself so utterly different from the animals. But it is good to remember that we are cousins of the ape and the monkey, and even now many of us I am afraid behave like the monkeys do!"