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 10
... ment may be very briefly stated as follows : 1. There is in Nature a law of heredity ; like begets like . 2. The offspring is never exactly like the parent ; and the members of the second generation differ more or less from one another ...
... ment may be very briefly stated as follows : 1. There is in Nature a law of heredity ; like begets like . 2. The offspring is never exactly like the parent ; and the members of the second generation differ more or less from one another ...
Pagina 15
... ment of the experience of the race ; and we study it in the full confidence that , if we can deduce its laws , we can rely on racial experience certainly as safely as on that of the individual . Furthermore , if we can dis- cover ...
... ment of the experience of the race ; and we study it in the full confidence that , if we can deduce its laws , we can rely on racial experience certainly as safely as on that of the individual . Furthermore , if we can dis- cover ...
Pagina 19
... ment of their organic systems - muscular , digestive , ner- vous , etc. - they give us a very fair idea of what our ancestor at each stage must have been . this balance and relative development of the different systems , that is ...
... ment of their organic systems - muscular , digestive , ner- vous , etc. - they give us a very fair idea of what our ancestor at each stage must have been . this balance and relative development of the different systems , that is ...
Pagina 27
... ment of the most 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 ...
... ment of the most 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 ...
Pagina 59
... ment . They had given up locomotion , had withdrawn , so to speak , from the world ; all the sense they needed was just enough to distinguish the particles of food as they swept past the mouth in the current of water . They have an ...
... ment . They had given up locomotion , had withdrawn , so to speak , from the world ; all the sense they needed was just enough to distinguish the particles of food as they swept past the mouth in the current of water . They have an ...
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