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 80
... has discovered the right path ; though a long journey still lies before it . The night is far spent , the day is at hand . Better ancestors . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND BRAIN IN 80 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
... has discovered the right path ; though a long journey still lies before it . The night is far spent , the day is at hand . Better ancestors . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND BRAIN IN 80 THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN.
Pagina 91
... hand and foot become most strongly marked by the " anthro- poid apes . These have become accustomed to an up- right gait in their climbing ; hence the feet are used for supporting the body and the hands for grasping . Both thumb and ...
... hand and foot become most strongly marked by the " anthro- poid apes . These have become accustomed to an up- right gait in their climbing ; hence the feet are used for supporting the body and the hands for grasping . Both thumb and ...
Pagina 92
... hand a true hand , in anatomical structure . The face , hands , and feet have mainly lost the covering of hair . They have no tail , or rather its rudiments are concealed beneath the skin . These in- clude the gibbon , the orang , the ...
... hand a true hand , in anatomical structure . The face , hands , and feet have mainly lost the covering of hair . They have no tail , or rather its rudiments are concealed beneath the skin . These in- clude the gibbon , the orang , the ...
Pagina 93
... hand is set free from the work of locomotion , and has become a delicate tactile and tool - using organ . The importance of this change we cannot over - estimate . The hand was the servant of the brain for trying all ex- periments . Had ...
... hand is set free from the work of locomotion , and has become a delicate tactile and tool - using organ . The importance of this change we cannot over - estimate . The hand was the servant of the brain for trying all ex- periments . Had ...
Pagina 94
... hands , No evolutionist would claim that any existing ape represents the ancestor of man . The anthropoids represent very probably the culmination of at least three distinct lines of development . But we must re- member that in early ...
... hands , No evolutionist would claim that any existing ape represents the ancestor of man . The anthropoids represent very probably the culmination of at least three distinct lines of development . But we must re- member that in early ...
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