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 vi
... intelligence . - Modes of mental or nervous action . - Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious , but guided by heredity . — In- telligent action . - The actor is conscious ...
... intelligence . - Modes of mental or nervous action . - Reflex action , unconscious and comparatively mechanical . -Instinctive action : The actor is conscious , but guided by heredity . — In- telligent action . - The actor is conscious ...
Pagina vii
... intelligence and training conscience . - Mental and moral heredity . - Personal magnetism . - Man's search for a king.— The essence of Christianity . - Conformity to environment gives future supremacy , but often at the cost of present ...
... intelligence and training conscience . - Mental and moral heredity . - Personal magnetism . - Man's search for a king.— The essence of Christianity . - Conformity to environment gives future supremacy , but often at the cost of present ...
Pagina 71
... intelligence . The line of development which the insect followed was comparatively easy and its course probably rapid . Certain crustacea , aquatic arthropoda , are among the oldest fossils , and it is possible that insects lived on the ...
... intelligence . The line of development which the insect followed was comparatively easy and its course probably rapid . Certain crustacea , aquatic arthropoda , are among the oldest fossils , and it is possible that insects lived on the ...
Pagina 72
... intelligence is based upon experience . Hence in- sects can and do possess but a low grade of intelligence . But instinct is in many cases habit fixed by heredity and improved by selection . The rapid recurrence of successive ...
... intelligence is based upon experience . Hence in- sects can and do possess but a low grade of intelligence . But instinct is in many cases habit fixed by heredity and improved by selection . The rapid recurrence of successive ...
Pagina 92
... intelligence . 66 The pelvis is broad and comparatively shallow . The legs , especially the thighs , are long . The foot is long and strong , and rests its lower surface , not merely the outer margin as in apes , on the ground . The ...
... intelligence . 66 The pelvis is broad and comparatively shallow . The legs , especially the thighs , are long . The foot is long and strong , and rests its lower surface , not merely the outer margin as in apes , on the ground . The ...
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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