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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... later he very probably passed through a gastræa stage . He trav- ersed fish , amphibian , and reptilian grades . The oviparous monotreme and the marsupial almost cer- tainly represent lower mammalian ancestral stages . But what kind of ...
... later he very probably passed through a gastræa stage . He trav- ersed fish , amphibian , and reptilian grades . The oviparous monotreme and the marsupial almost cer- tainly represent lower mammalian ancestral stages . But what kind of ...
Pagina 5
... Later a branch or twig , similar in ' structure to all the rest , shortens . The cells and tis- sues which in other twigs turn into green leaves here become the petals and other organs of the rose or violet . Let us suppose for a moment ...
... Later a branch or twig , similar in ' structure to all the rest , shortens . The cells and tis- sues which in other twigs turn into green leaves here become the petals and other organs of the rose or violet . Let us suppose for a moment ...
Pagina 10
... later , Mr. Darwin called attention to the struggle for existence as a means of aggregating these slight modifications in a divergence sufficient to species , genera , or families . His argu- produce new ment may be very briefly stated ...
... later , Mr. Darwin called attention to the struggle for existence as a means of aggregating these slight modifications in a divergence sufficient to species , genera , or families . His argu- produce new ment may be very briefly stated ...
Pagina 16
... later against impassable obstacles . And even if there be a main line of march , advance seems to alternate waves rush onward only to fall back with retreat , progress with retrogression . To illustrate further , the great again , and ...
... later against impassable obstacles . And even if there be a main line of march , advance seems to alternate waves rush onward only to fall back with retreat , progress with retrogression . To illustrate further , the great again , and ...
Pagina 19
... later discovered forms might readily find a place in the system . Hypotheses and theories were " Even Linnæus , " says with suspicion . Romanes , " was express in his limitations of true scien- tific work in natural history to the ...
... later discovered forms might readily find a place in the system . Hypotheses and theories were " Even Linnæus , " says with suspicion . Romanes , " was express in his limitations of true scien- tific work in natural history to the ...
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