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 x
... importance in evolution , as long as it is a real or which theory of heredity or variation is the probable . If man has been evolved from simple living stance protoplasm , by a process of evolution , some day be possible to write a ...
... importance in evolution , as long as it is a real or which theory of heredity or variation is the probable . If man has been evolved from simple living stance protoplasm , by a process of evolution , some day be possible to write a ...
Pagina xi
... important and desirable , is not the only history which can be written , nor is it essential . It would be interesting to know the size of brain , girth of chest , average stature , and the features of the an- cient Greeks and Romans ...
... important and desirable , is not the only history which can be written , nor is it essential . It would be interesting to know the size of brain , girth of chest , average stature , and the features of the an- cient Greeks and Romans ...
Pagina xv
... importance of natural selection . And yet Nägeli , and especially Weismann , have had so marked an influence on modern thought that we cannot afford to neglect their theories . We will briefly notice these in the closing chapter ...
... importance of natural selection . And yet Nägeli , and especially Weismann , have had so marked an influence on modern thought that we cannot afford to neglect their theories . We will briefly notice these in the closing chapter ...
Pagina 21
... important differences in the circulatory and other systems . Moreover , practi- Ically all amphibia differ from all reptiles in these respects . Evidently the fact that the alligator and many snakes and turtles ( of which neither the ...
... important differences in the circulatory and other systems . Moreover , practi- Ically all amphibia differ from all reptiles in these respects . Evidently the fact that the alligator and many snakes and turtles ( of which neither the ...
Pagina 27
... important deep - seated organs . I have chosen a line composed of forms taken from the comparative anatomical series . All such present existing forms have probably been modified during the lapse of ages . But I shall try to tell you ...
... important deep - seated organs . I have chosen a line composed of forms taken from the comparative anatomical series . All such present existing forms have probably been modified during the lapse of ages . But I shall try to tell you ...
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