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 vi
... mammals . — The development of skeleton , appendages , circulatory and respiratory systems , and brain . -Mammals : The oviparous monotremata . -Marsupials . - Placental mammals . - Development of the placenta . — Prim- ates ...
... mammals . — The development of skeleton , appendages , circulatory and respiratory systems , and brain . -Mammals : The oviparous monotremata . -Marsupials . - Placental mammals . - Development of the placenta . — Prim- ates ...
Pagina vii
... mammal . - As a social being . - As a personal and moral being . - The con- flict between the higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . - As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers ...
... mammal . - As a social being . - As a personal and moral being . - The con- flict between the higher and the lower in man . - As a religious being . - As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers ...
Pagina xi
... mammalian ancestral stages . But what kind of fish , what species of amphibian , what form of reptiles most closely resembles the old ancestor ? How did each of these ancestors look ? I do not know . It looks as if our ancestral tree ...
... mammalian ancestral stages . But what kind of fish , what species of amphibian , what form of reptiles most closely resembles the old ancestor ? How did each of these ancestors look ? I do not know . It looks as if our ancestral tree ...
Pagina 20
... mammal . It is fish - like only in characteristics which it might eas- ily have acquired in adaptation to its aquatic life . And other aquatic mammals , like the seals , in which these characteristics are much less marked . Their ...
... mammal . It is fish - like only in characteristics which it might eas- ily have acquired in adaptation to its aquatic life . And other aquatic mammals , like the seals , in which these characteristics are much less marked . Their ...
Pagina 22
... mammal , because of its form and aquatic life . and reptiles had been carefully studied it was evident structure , while the higher reptiles closely approached that the amphibia stood far nearer the fish in general birds . Then it was ...
... mammal , because of its form and aquatic life . and reptiles had been carefully studied it was evident structure , while the higher reptiles closely approached that the amphibia stood far nearer the fish in general birds . Then it was ...
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