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
... Environment one . - But lower animals come into vital relation with but a small part of it . — It consists of a myriad of forces , which , as acting on a given form , may be considered as one grand resultant vi TABLE OF CONTENTS.
... Environment one . - But lower animals come into vital relation with but a small part of it . — It consists of a myriad of forces , which , as acting on a given form , may be considered as one grand resultant vi TABLE OF CONTENTS.
Pagina vii
... lower in man . - As a religious being . — As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX THE TEACHINGS OF ...
... lower in man . - As a religious being . — As hero . He has not yet attained . - Future man . He will utilize all his powers , duly subordinating the lower to the higher . - The triumph of the common people . CHAPTER IX THE TEACHINGS OF ...
Pagina x
... lower animal . At the same time it concerns our argument but little whether natural selection is " omnipotent " or of only secondary importance in evolution , as long as it is a real factor , or which theory of heredity or variation is ...
... lower animal . At the same time it concerns our argument but little whether natural selection is " omnipotent " or of only secondary importance in evolution , as long as it is a real factor , or which theory of heredity or variation is ...
Pagina xi
... lower mammalian ancestral stages . But what kind of fish , what species of amphibian , what form of reptiles most closely resembles the old ancestor ? How did each of these ancestors look ? I do not know . It looks as if our ancestral ...
... lower mammalian ancestral stages . But what kind of fish , what species of amphibian , what form of reptiles most closely resembles the old ancestor ? How did each of these ancestors look ? I do not know . It looks as if our ancestral ...
Pagina xiii
... lower stages the germs of the higher must be present , even though invisible to any microscope . Our study of the worm is inadequate and likely to mislead us , unless we remember that a worm was the ancestor of man . And a biologist who ...
... lower stages the germs of the higher must be present , even though invisible to any microscope . Our study of the worm is inadequate and likely to mislead us , unless we remember that a worm was the ancestor of man . And a biologist who ...
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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