The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895C. Scribner's son, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina v
... brain . -Reasons for their dominance -The primitive vertebrate . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND BRAIN PAGE 81 The.
... brain . -Reasons for their dominance -The primitive vertebrate . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND BRAIN PAGE 81 The.
Pagina vi
... BRAIN PAGE 81 The advance of vertebrates from fish through amphibia and reptiles to mammals . The development of skeleton , appendages , circulatory and respiratory systems , and brain . -Mammals : The oviparous monotremata ...
... BRAIN PAGE 81 The advance of vertebrates from fish through amphibia and reptiles to mammals . The development of skeleton , appendages , circulatory and respiratory systems , and brain . -Mammals : The oviparous monotremata ...
Pagina xi
... brain , girth of chest , average stature , and the features of the an- cient Greeks and Romans . But this is not the most important part of their history , nor is it essential . The great question is , What did they contribute to human ...
... brain , girth of chest , average stature , and the features of the an- cient Greeks and Romans . But this is not the most important part of their history , nor is it essential . The great question is , What did they contribute to human ...
Pagina xii
... brain is of no use until muscle and sense - organs have appeared . This sequence of dominant functions , * of physiologi- cal dynasties , would seem therefore to be a fact . And our series of forms described in the second , third , and ...
... brain is of no use until muscle and sense - organs have appeared . This sequence of dominant functions , * of physiologi- cal dynasties , would seem therefore to be a fact . And our series of forms described in the second , third , and ...
Pagina 49
... brain , and it sends its nerves to the front end of the body . But there run from it to the rear end of the body four to eight nerve - cords , consisting of bundles of nerve - threads like our nerves , but overlaid with a coating of ...
... brain , and it sends its nerves to the front end of the body . But there run from it to the rear end of the body four to eight nerve - cords , consisting of bundles of nerve - threads like our nerves , but overlaid with a coating of ...
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become beginning better birds body brain cells cerebrum characteristics conformity to environment conscious degeneration dominant ectoderm embryo embryology entoderm experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula germ-plasm give groups heredity higher animals higher forms highest human hydra important increase individual insect instinct intelligence jaws knowledge laws layer legs living locomotion lower mammals man's marsupial ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral motives muscles muscular muscular system natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception possible primitive probably progress protoplasm protozoa purely reflex action reptiles result schematic worm segments selfish sense-organs sequence shell skeleton species spermatozoa stage structure struggle surface survive swimming theory of evolution tion tissues true truth turbellaria unselfishness variation velopment vertebral column vertebrates volvox young