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 xi
... species of amphibian , what form of reptiles most closely resembles the old ancestor ? How did each of these ancestors look ? I do not know . It looks as if our ancestral tree were entirely uncertain and we were left without any founda ...
... species of amphibian , what form of reptiles most closely resembles the old ancestor ? How did each of these ancestors look ? I do not know . It looks as if our ancestral tree were entirely uncertain and we were left without any founda ...
Pagina 3
... species . We may say broadly that concerning the origin of species two theories , and only two , seem possible . The first theory is that every species is the result of an act of immediate creation . And every true species , however ...
... species . We may say broadly that concerning the origin of species two theories , and only two , seem possible . The first theory is that every species is the result of an act of immediate creation . And every true species , however ...
Pagina 4
... species . Each one of these lives its little span of time , for species are usually compara- tively short - lived , grows possibly a very little better or worse , and dies . Its progress has added nothing to the total of life ; its ...
... species . Each one of these lives its little span of time , for species are usually compara- tively short - lived , grows possibly a very little better or worse , and dies . Its progress has added nothing to the total of life ; its ...
Pagina 5
... species , or development of the flower out of the green leaves of some old club moss or similar form ? The latter seems to me at least by far the higher mode . And to have created a ground - pine which could give rise to a rose THE ...
... species , or development of the flower out of the green leaves of some old club moss or similar form ? The latter seems to me at least by far the higher mode . And to have created a ground - pine which could give rise to a rose THE ...
Pagina 7
... species is the more natural and has always been accepted , while the theory of evolu- tion is new and very likely to be as short - lived as many another theory which has for a time fascinated men only to be forgotten or ridiculed . But ...
... species is the more natural and has always been accepted , while the theory of evolu- tion is new and very likely to be as short - lived as many another theory which has for a time fascinated men only to be forgotten or ridiculed . But ...
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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