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 5
... producing them , immediate creation of every flowering species , or development of the flower out of the green leaves of some old club moss or similar form ? The latter seems to me at least by far the higher mode . And to have created a ...
... producing them , immediate creation of every flowering species , or development of the flower out of the green leaves of some old club moss or similar form ? The latter seems to me at least by far the higher mode . And to have created a ...
Pagina 7
... produced the brood of the human race . ' Here the formative process is a birth , not a creation ; it is evolution pure and simple . According to the ancient view , " says Professor Lewis , " the present world was a growth ; it was born ...
... produced the brood of the human race . ' Here the formative process is a birth , not a creation ; it is evolution pure and simple . According to the ancient view , " says Professor Lewis , " the present world was a growth ; it was born ...
Pagina 9
... producing benefi- cently and kindly at the word of a loving God is foreign to all our inherited modes of thought . And our views of the heart of Nature are about as correct as those of our ancestors were of God . A little more of ...
... producing benefi- cently and kindly at the word of a loving God is foreign to all our inherited modes of thought . And our views of the heart of Nature are about as correct as those of our ancestors were of God . A little more of ...
Pagina 10
... produce new species , genera , or families . His argu- ment may be very briefly stated as follows : 1. There is in Nature a law of heredity ; like begets like . 2. The offspring is never exactly like the parent ; and the members of the ...
... produce new species , genera , or families . His argu- ment may be very briefly stated as follows : 1. There is in Nature a law of heredity ; like begets like . 2. The offspring is never exactly like the parent ; and the members of the ...
Pagina 11
... produces often many thousands , sometimes hun- dreds of thousands of eggs . Insects generally from a hundred to a thousand . Even birds , slowly as they increase , produce in a lifetime probably at least from twelve to twenty eggs . Now ...
... produces often many thousands , sometimes hun- dreds of thousands of eggs . Insects generally from a hundred to a thousand . Even birds , slowly as they increase , produce in a lifetime probably at least from twelve to twenty eggs . Now ...
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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