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 viii
... variation . - Origin of the fittest . - Nägeli's theory : I dency supreme . - Weismann and the Neo - Darwinians : Natural omnipotent . - The Neo - Lamarckians . - Comparison of the Neo - I and the Neo - Lamarckian views ...
... variation . - Origin of the fittest . - Nägeli's theory : I dency supreme . - Weismann and the Neo - Darwinians : Natural omnipotent . - The Neo - Lamarckians . - Comparison of the Neo - I and the Neo - Lamarckian views ...
Pagina x
... 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 history of that pr But have we yet sufficient knowledge to justify an attempt ...
... 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 history of that pr But have we yet sufficient knowledge to justify an attempt ...
Pagina xv
... variation , or with the " omnipo- tence " or secondary 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 ...
... variation , or with the " omnipo- tence " or secondary 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 ...
Pagina 10
... variation could go on increasing indefinitely , it seemed soon to reach a limit and stop . Early in the present century Lamarck had attempted to prove that by the use and disuse of organs through a series of generations a great ...
... variation could go on increasing indefinitely , it seemed soon to reach a limit and stop . Early in the present century Lamarck had attempted to prove that by the use and disuse of organs through a series of generations a great ...
Pagina 12
... variation , and his ilarly in nature new species have arisen through hered- ity , variation , and a selection according to the laws of nature of those varying in conformity with their en- vironment . And this Mr. Darwin called natural ...
... variation , and his ilarly in nature new species have arisen through hered- ity , variation , and a selection according to the laws of nature of those varying in conformity with their en- vironment . And this Mr. Darwin called natural ...
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