The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895W. Blackwood and Sons, 1896 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina ix
... illustration . One of my friends , reading the title of these lectures , said : " Of man's origin you know nothing , of his future you know less . " I fear that many share his opinion , although they might not express it so emphatically ...
... illustration . One of my friends , reading the title of these lectures , said : " Of man's origin you know nothing , of his future you know less . " I fear that many share his opinion , although they might not express it so emphatically ...
Pagina xii
... illustration sh ing how this sequence may have been evolved . substitution of other terms in the anatomical se there described - amoeba , volvox , etc. - would not af this result . By a change in the form of our hist we have eliminated ...
... illustration sh ing how this sequence may have been evolved . substitution of other terms in the anatomical se there described - amoeba , volvox , etc. - would not af this result . By a change in the form of our hist we have eliminated ...
Pagina 12
... illustration . Many of the species of beetles on oceanic islands have very rudimentary wings , or none at all , and yet their nearest relatives are neighboring continent . Mr. winged forms on some Darwin would explain the origin of ...
... illustration . Many of the species of beetles on oceanic islands have very rudimentary wings , or none at all , and yet their nearest relatives are neighboring continent . Mr. winged forms on some Darwin would explain the origin of ...
Pagina 26
... illustration and proof of this law is the work of the embryologist . We have time to draw only one or two illustrations from the embryonic development of birds . We have already seen that the embryonic bird has the long tail of his ...
... illustration and proof of this law is the work of the embryologist . We have time to draw only one or two illustrations from the embryonic development of birds . We have already seen that the embryonic bird has the long tail of his ...
Pagina 39
... illustration of a great kingdom of similar , practically unicellular forms , which have played no unimportant part in the geological history of the globe . These are the protozoa . They include , first of all , the foraminifera , which ...
... illustration of a great kingdom of similar , practically unicellular forms , which have played no unimportant part in the geological history of the globe . These are the protozoa . They include , first of all , the foraminifera , which ...
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