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Erich Wasmann
Erich Wasmann (29 May 1859 − 27 February 1931) was an Austrian (born in South Tyrol) entomologist, specializing in ants and termites, and Jesuit priest. He described the phenomenon known as Wasmannian mimicry. Wasmann was a supporter of evolution, although he did not accept the productivity of natural selection, the evolution of humans from other animals, or universal common descent of all life. Rather, he believed that common ancestry was restricted to what he called "natural species" which were generally larger groups
take McCann's claim seriously. McCann's book was criticized for plagiarizing material from Jesuit Erich Wasmann. Atheist author Woolsey Teller wrote a rebuttal to McCann. 
Reception from the creationist community was mixed. Creationist Arthur Isaac Brown supported the book, stating it offered "the most scathing and unanswerable indictment ever published against this untenable hypothesis." However, Catholic creationist Barry O'Toole criticized McCann for utilizing inaccurate arguments. O'Toole described the book as a "reprehensible, extreme of biased antagonism, that is neither fair in method nor conciliatory in