He did not interpret the archetype in evolutionary terms (i.e. the archetype was not an ancestor)! That came later.
ìNow, however, the recognition of an ideal Exemplar for the Vertebrated animals proves that the knowledge of such a being as Man must have existed before man appeared. For the Divine mind which planned the Archetype also foreknew all its modifications.î
óRichard Owen, 1849
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