[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"detail-sidebar-cat-0-en-105":3,"doc-seo-414928-105":59,"doc-detail-414928-en":130},{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":6},0,"success",[7,13,18,23,28,33,38,43,48,51,55],{"id":8,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":10,"show_sort_weight":11,"slug":12},1,"Document","Story & Novel",90,"story-novel",{"id":14,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":15,"show_sort_weight":16,"slug":17},2,"Literature",80,"literature",{"id":19,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":20,"show_sort_weight":21,"slug":22},4,"Exam",70,"exam",{"id":24,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":25,"show_sort_weight":26,"slug":27},5,"Comic",60,"comic",{"id":29,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":30,"show_sort_weight":31,"slug":32},6,"Technology",50,"technology",{"id":34,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":35,"show_sort_weight":36,"slug":37},7,"Healthcare",40,"healthcare",{"id":39,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":40,"show_sort_weight":41,"slug":42},8,"Research & Report",30,"research-report",{"id":44,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":45,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":47},9,"Religion & Spirituality",20,"religion-spirituality",{"id":46,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":49,"show_sort_weight":46,"slug":50},"World Cup","world-cup",{"id":52,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":53,"show_sort_weight":52,"slug":54},10,"Lifestyle","lifestyle",{"id":56,"doc_module":4,"doc_module_name":9,"category_name":57,"show_sort_weight":24,"slug":58},19,"General","general",{"code":4,"msg":60,"data":61},"ok",{"site_id":62,"language":63,"slug":64,"title":65,"keywords":66,"description":67,"schema_data":68,"social_meta":123,"head_meta":125,"extra_data":127,"updated_unix":129},105,"en","the-destiny-of-man-introduction","The Destiny of Man - Introduction","","The book introduces the central argument that major evolution has largely concluded, with continued progress concentrated in “better brains and minds,” a trajectory that human beings have effectively taken over. The editor frames this thesis as both a challenge and a new lens for interpreting the universe rationally. It emphasizes how modern natural history can project evolutionary theory into the future, using Darwin’s legacy and a forward-looking development of Sir Julian Huxley’s lecture.",{"@graph":69,"@context":122},[70,84,105],{"@type":71,"itemListElement":72},"BreadcrumbList",[73,77,79,82],{"item":74,"name":75,"@type":76,"position":8},"https://docshare.wps.com","Home","ListItem",{"item":78,"name":9,"@type":76,"position":14},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/",{"item":80,"name":15,"@type":76,"position":81},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/literature/",3,{"item":83,"name":65,"@type":76,"position":19},"https://docshare.wps.com/document/the-destiny-of-man-introduction/414928/",{"url":83,"name":65,"@type":85,"image":86,"author":91,"headline":65,"publisher":94,"fileFormat":97,"inLanguage":63,"description":67,"dateModified":98,"datePublished":99,"encodingFormat":97,"isAccessibleForFree":100,"interactionStatistic":101},"DigitalDocument",{"url":87,"@type":88,"width":89,"height":90},"https://docshare.wps.com/thumbnails/the-destiny-of-man-introduction/414928.png","ImageObject",300,407,{"name":92,"@type":93},"Mimi","Person",{"url":74,"name":95,"@type":96},"DocShare","Organization","application/pdf","2026-10-31","2026-09-28",true,{"@type":102,"interactionType":103,"userInteractionCount":39},"InteractionCounter",{"@type":104},"ViewAction",{"@type":106,"mainEntity":107},"FAQPage",[108,114,118],{"name":109,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":111},"What does the introduction claim about the future direction of major evolution?","Question",{"text":112,"@type":113},"Major evolution is said to have come to an end, except for the one direction of better brains and minds, which is taken over by humankind.","Answer",{"name":115,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":116},"Why did the editor invite Sir Julian Huxley to develop his lecture for The Sunday Times?",{"text":117,"@type":113},"Because the editor believed intelligent non-specialist readers would be most interested in seeing how evolution, viewed by a contemporary natural historian, projects into the future.",{"name":119,"@type":110,"acceptedAnswer":120},"How does the introduction connect Darwin to the book’s larger purpose?",{"text":121,"@type":113},"It refers to Huxley’s tribute to Darwin (and Wallace) for revolutionary roles in scientific thought through the concept of Natural Selection, then uses that foundation to look ahead.","https://schema.org",{"og:url":83,"og:type":124,"og:title":65,"og:site_name":95,"og:description":67},"article",{"robots":126,"canonical":83},"index,follow",{"doc_id":128,"site_id":62},414928,1790951211,{"code":4,"msg":5,"data":131},{"doc_id":128,"user_id":132,"nickname":92,"user_avatar":133,"doc_module":4,"category_id":14,"category_name":15,"doc_title":65,"doc_description":67,"doc_content":134,"file_id":135,"file_url":136,"file_type":137,"file_size":138,"view_count":39,"is_deleted":4,"is_public":8,"is_downloadable":8,"audit_status":8,"page_count":139,"language":140,"language_code":63,"site_id":62,"html_lang":63,"table_of_contents":141,"faqs":142,"seo_title":143,"seo_description":67,"update_tm":144,"read_time":145},2336477974920,"https://ap-avatar.wpscdn.com/davatar_155a257f0dc6eb9ab79c44ca47cae57d","Sir Julian HuxleySir Charles DarwinBishop J.W.C.WandLord Adrian,O.M.Rebecca West  \nFather T.Corbishley,S.J.Sir Charles Snow  \nTHE DESTINY OFMAN  \nBY  \nSIR JULIAN HUXLEY  \nSIR CHARLES DARWIN  \nBISHOP J.W.C.WAND  \nTHE LORD ADRIAN,o.M.  \nREBECCA WEST  \nTHE REV.T.CORBISHLEY,s.J.  \nSIR CHARLES SNOW  \nCopyright ◎1959byThe Sunday Times  \n# INTRODUCTIONby\n\nH.V.Hodson,Editor of The Sunday Times  \nWTTYTHEN I first read Sir Julian Huxley's article onW“Man's Place in Nature”which forms thefirst chapter of this book I was greatly excited.Itseemedto me he was saying things about man andhis destiny on earth which were not only veryimportant in themselves but also opened the gateto a fascinating new field of speculation and con-structive thought.  \nSir Julian had sent me the text of his forthcominglecture to the International Congress of Zoologyto commemorate the Charles Darwin Centenary.It was a profound and learned tribute to the revolu-tionary rôle that Darwin and Wallace had played,with their notion of Natural Selection,in thehistory of scientific thought,and indeed of popular  \n# INTRODUCTION\n\nthought about the universe.But as an Editor I feltthat what would most interest the intelligent laypublic was to look ahead through the eyes of thepresent-day natural historian and see how the theoryof evolution projected itself into the future.Thismeant a development of the last part of Sir Julian'slecture,and I invited him to do this as a specialarticle for THE SUNDAY TIMES.  \nThe article struck me with dynamic force.Thisfor three reasons.First,Sir Julian's assertions aboutthe present state of natural evolution pull one upvery short:  \nMajor evolution has come to an end except in theone direction of better brains and minds,a directionpre-empted by man.  \nThus man is not only the most successful latestdominant type to date,the most advanced product ofevolution,but the only type capable of achieving anyimportant advance in time to come.  \nIf these propositions are true,even a rationalisticinterpretation of the universe,which ranked manonly as one biological species among myriads ofothers evolved by natural selection,would never-theless have to admit a unique status for man and,what is more,a unique charactcr for that age of the","cbCaikrXGwKe7JwF","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaikrXGwKe7JwF","pdf",2372024,100,"English","# Introduction\n## Editor H.V. Hodson’s framing of the thesis\n## Evolution as concluded except in human cognitive advance\n## Implications for interpreting the universe","[{\"question\":\"What does the introduction claim about the future direction of major evolution?\",\"answer\":\"Major evolution is said to have come to an end, except for the one direction of better brains and minds, which is taken over by humankind.\"},{\"question\":\"Why did the editor invite Sir Julian Huxley to develop his lecture for The Sunday Times?\",\"answer\":\"Because the editor believed intelligent non-specialist readers would be most interested in seeing how evolution, viewed by a contemporary natural historian, projects into the future.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the introduction connect Darwin to the book’s larger purpose?\",\"answer\":\"It refers to Huxley’s tribute to Darwin (and Wallace) for revolutionary roles in scientific thought through the concept of Natural Selection, then uses that foundation to look ahead.\"}]","The Destiny of Man - Introduction | PDF",1790599280,154]