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 ix
... less . " I fear that many share his opinion , although they might not express it so emphatically . It would seem , therefore , to be in order to show that science is now competent to deal with this question ; not that she can give a ...
... less . " I fear that many share his opinion , although they might not express it so emphatically . It would seem , therefore , to be in order to show that science is now competent to deal with this question ; not that she can give a ...
Pagina xii
... less than a physiological necessity that it should be so . The plant can and does exist , living almost purely for digestion and reproduction , and the same is true of the lowest and most primitive animals . A muscular system cannot ...
... less than a physiological necessity that it should be so . The plant can and does exist , living almost purely for digestion and reproduction , and the same is true of the lowest and most primitive animals . A muscular system cannot ...
Pagina xiv
... less can the study of a single organ or function give an adequate idea of the human body . Only when we have attained a biological history can we have any satisfactory conception of environment . As we look about us in the world ...
... less can the study of a single organ or function give an adequate idea of the human body . Only when we have attained a biological history can we have any satisfactory conception of environment . As we look about us in the world ...
Pagina 4
... less , a record not of the progress of life on the globe , but of a succession of stagnations , of deaths . I can never understand why some very good and intelligent people still think that the theory of the immediate creation of each ...
... less , a record not of the progress of life on the globe , but of a succession of stagnations , of deaths . I can never understand why some very good and intelligent people still think that the theory of the immediate creation of each ...
Pagina 5
... less flowers because developed out of that which might have remained a common branch ? The plant at least is glorified by the power to give rise to such beauty . And is not the creation of the seed of a vio- let or rose something ...
... less flowers because developed out of that which might have remained a common branch ? The plant at least is glorified by the power to give rise to such beauty . And is not the creation of the seed of a vio- let or rose something ...
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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