Theorists in such diverse fields as anatomy, linguistics, and ethnology, making feature-by-feature comparisons of their subject matters, were beginning to suspect that similarities between animals, languages, and folkways were the result of processes or laws unknown to them then.
θˈiəɹɪsts ɪn sˈʌtʃ daɪvˈɜːs fˈiːldz æz ɐnˈæɾəmi, lɪŋɡwˈɪstɪks, ænd ɛθnˈɑːlədʒi, mˌeɪkɪŋ fˈiːtʃɚbaɪfˈiːtʃɚ kəmpˈæɹɪsənz ʌv ðɛɹ sˈʌbdʒɛkt mˈæɾɚz, wɜː bɪɡˈɪnɪŋ tə səspˈɛkt ðæt sˌɪmɪlˈæɹᵻɾiz bᵻtwˌiːn ˈænɪməlz, lˈæŋɡwɪdʒᵻz, ænd fˈoʊkweɪz wɜː ðə ɹɪzˈʌlt ʌv pɹˈɑːsɛsᵻz ɔːɹ lˈɔːz ʌnnˈoʊn tə ðˌɛm ðˈɛn.