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 vi
... human development . CHAPTER VI NATURAL SELECTION AND ENVIRONMENT . . . 152 The reversal of the sequence of functions leads to extermination , degen- eration , or , rarely , to stagnation . - Natural selection becomes more un- sparing as ...
... human development . CHAPTER VI NATURAL SELECTION AND ENVIRONMENT . . . 152 The reversal of the sequence of functions leads to extermination , degen- eration , or , rarely , to stagnation . - Natural selection becomes more un- sparing as ...
Pagina vii
... Human environment . - The development of the family as the school of man's training . - The family as the school of unselfishness and obedience . -The family as the basis of social life . - Society as an aid to conformity to environment ...
... Human environment . - The development of the family as the school of man's training . - The family as the school of unselfishness and obedience . -The family as the basis of social life . - Society as an aid to conformity to environment ...
Pagina xi
... human progress ? Even if we cannot accurately portray the anatomical details of a single ancestral stage , can we perhaps dis- cover what function governed its life and was the aim of its existence ? Did it live to eat , or to move , or ...
... human progress ? Even if we cannot accurately portray the anatomical details of a single ancestral stage , can we perhaps dis- cover what function governed its life and was the aim of its existence ? Did it live to eat , or to move , or ...
Pagina xiii
... human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com- pletely controlled by the very highest powers or aims to which this sequence points ...
... human development , if we can further be convinced that the sequence is irreversible , we shall be convinced that future man will be more and more com- pletely controlled by the very highest powers or aims to which this sequence points ...
Pagina xiv
... human laws and institutions are heirlooms , the attain- ments , or direct results of attainments , of animals far below man . We are just beginning to recognize that the study of zoology is an essential prerequisite to , and firm ...
... human laws and institutions are heirlooms , the attain- ments , or direct results of attainments , of animals far below man . We are just beginning to recognize that the study of zoology is an essential prerequisite to , and firm ...
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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