The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and Development Through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895C. Scribner's Sons, 1897 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina v
... , but fails of the goal . - Its disadvantages . - Vertebrates : The internal loco- motive skeleton leads to backbone and brain . - Reasons for their dominance -The primitive vertebrate . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND BRAIN PAGE .
... , but fails of the goal . - Its disadvantages . - Vertebrates : The internal loco- motive skeleton leads to backbone and brain . - Reasons for their dominance -The primitive vertebrate . CHAPTER IV VERTEBRATES : BACKBONE AND BRAIN PAGE .
Pagina vi
... dominant functions . CHAPTER V THE HISTORY OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SEQUENCE OF FUNCTIONS · 113 Mode of ... dominance the goal of human development . CHAPTER VI NATURAL SELECTION AND ENVIRONMENT • · . . 152 The reversal of the ...
... dominant functions . CHAPTER V THE HISTORY OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SEQUENCE OF FUNCTIONS · 113 Mode of ... dominance the goal of human development . CHAPTER VI NATURAL SELECTION AND ENVIRONMENT • · . . 152 The reversal of the ...
Pagina viii
... - Summary . CHART SHOWING SEQUENCE OF ATTAINMENTS AND OF DOMINANT FUNCTIONS 309 PHYLOGENETIC CHART OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM . 310 INDEX 311 INTRODUCTION IN the year 1865 Professor Samuel Finley Breese Morse viii TABLE OF CONTENTS.
... - Summary . CHART SHOWING SEQUENCE OF ATTAINMENTS AND OF DOMINANT FUNCTIONS 309 PHYLOGENETIC CHART OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM . 310 INDEX 311 INTRODUCTION IN the year 1865 Professor Samuel Finley Breese Morse viii TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Pagina xi
... dominant functions or aims in life can be traced with far more ease and safety , not to say certainty , than one of anatomical details . The latter characterize small groups , genera , families , or classes ; while the dominant function ...
... dominant functions or aims in life can be traced with far more ease and safety , not to say certainty , than one of anatomical details . The latter characterize small groups , genera , families , or classes ; while the dominant function ...
Pagina xii
... dominant functions , * of physiologi- cal dynasties , would seem therefore to be a fact . And our series of forms described in the second , third , and fourth chapters is merely a concrete illustration show- ing how this sequence may ...
... dominant functions , * of physiologi- cal dynasties , would seem therefore to be a fact . And our series of forms described in the second , third , and fourth chapters is merely a concrete illustration show- ing how this sequence may ...
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become better birds body brain cells conformity to environment conscious degeneration dominant ectoderm embryo embryology existence experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula gills give groups higher animals higher forms highest human hydra important increase individual insect instinct intelligence jaws knowledge laws layer legs living locomotion lower mammals man's marsupial membrane ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral mouth muscles muscular muscular system mutability of species natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception perivisceral cavity possible primitive probably progress protoplasm protozoa purely race reflex action reptiles result schematic worm segments selfish sense-organs sequence shell skeleton species spermatozoa stage structure struggle surface survive swimming theory of evolution tion tissues true truth turbellaria unselfishness variation velopment vertebrates volvox young