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
... theories of man's origin . - The argument purely historical . - Means of tracing man's ancestry and history . - Classification . -Ontogenesis and Phylogenesis . CHAPTER II PROTOZOA TO WORMS : CELLS , TISSUES , AND ORGANS . 32 Amœba ...
... theories of man's origin . - The argument purely historical . - Means of tracing man's ancestry and history . - Classification . -Ontogenesis and Phylogenesis . CHAPTER II PROTOZOA TO WORMS : CELLS , TISSUES , AND ORGANS . 32 Amœba ...
Pagina vii
... - meating man . — Faith . - Prayer . - Hope . - The Church . - The battle . — The victory . The crown . CHAPTER X PRESENT ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS vii VERTEBRATES: BACKBONE AND BRAIN PAGE.
... - meating man . — Faith . - Prayer . - Hope . - The Church . - The battle . — The victory . The crown . CHAPTER X PRESENT ASPECTS OF THE THEORY OF EVOLUTION PAGE TABLE OF CONTENTS vii VERTEBRATES: BACKBONE AND BRAIN PAGE.
Pagina viii
... THEORY OF EVOLUTION PAGE 278 - The struggle for existence . - Natural selection . - Correlation of organs.- Fortuitous variation . — Origin of the fittest . - Nägeli's theory : Initial ten- dency supreme . - Weismann and the Neo ...
... THEORY OF EVOLUTION PAGE 278 - The struggle for existence . - Natural selection . - Correlation of organs.- Fortuitous variation . — Origin of the fittest . - Nägeli's theory : Initial ten- dency supreme . - Weismann and the Neo ...
Pagina x
... theory of evolution as stated by Mr. Darwin , and that it ap- plies to man as really as to any lower animal . At the same time it concerns our argument but little whether natural selection is " omnipotent " or of only secondary ...
... theory of evolution as stated by Mr. Darwin , and that it ap- plies to man as really as to any lower animal . At the same time it concerns our argument but little whether natural selection is " omnipotent " or of only secondary ...
Pagina xv
... theory of evolution be false , higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man ... theories . It would seem , therefore , not only justi- fiable , but imperative to attempt such a study . Our argument ...
... theory of evolution be false , higher forms are more completely conformed to their environment than lower ; and man ... theories . It would seem , therefore , not only justi- fiable , but imperative to attempt such a study . Our argument ...
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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