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 v
... advance , but fails of the goal . - Its disadvantages . - Vertebrates : The internal loco- motive skeleton leads to backbone and brain . - Reasons for their dominance The primitive vertebrate . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND ...
... advance , but fails of the goal . - Its disadvantages . - Vertebrates : The internal loco- motive skeleton leads to backbone and brain . - Reasons for their dominance The primitive vertebrate . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND ...
Pagina vi
... 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 . -Marsupials . - Placental ...
... 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 . -Marsupials . - Placental ...
Pagina 3
... advance , others would degenerate . Each theory de- mands equally for its ultimate explanation a creative act ; the second as much as , if not more than , the first . According to the first theory the creative power has been distributed ...
... advance , others would degenerate . Each theory de- mands equally for its ultimate explanation a creative act ; the second as much as , if not more than , the first . According to the first theory the creative power has been distributed ...
Pagina 4
... advance made , or victory the species or individual . The most " aspirin if ever there was such a being , remains but He must comfort himself with the thought that he and his descendants can never gain an inch , t between himself and ...
... advance made , or victory the species or individual . The most " aspirin if ever there was such a being , remains but He must comfort himself with the thought that he and his descendants can never gain an inch , t between himself and ...
Pagina 16
... advance seems to alternate waves rush onward only to fall back with retreat , progress with retrogression . To illustrate further , the great again , and we can hardly tell whether the tide is flow- ing or ebbing . Yet already certain ...
... advance seems to alternate waves rush onward only to fall back with retreat , progress with retrogression . To illustrate further , the great again , and we can hardly tell whether the tide is flow- ing or ebbing . Yet already certain ...
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