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, 1899 - 312 pagine |
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Pagina xiii
... race nor of the movements of a cen- tury , but the development of animal life through ages . And even if our attempts to decipher a few pages here and there in the volumes of this vast biological history are not as successful as we ...
... race nor of the movements of a cen- tury , but the development of animal life through ages . And even if our attempts to decipher a few pages here and there in the volumes of this vast biological history are not as successful as we ...
Pagina 1
... race . But what has been the history of Abraham's descendants ? A death - grapple for existence , captivity , and dispersion . Their national existence has long been lost . Was there ever a nation of grander promise than Greece or Rome ...
... race . But what has been the history of Abraham's descendants ? A death - grapple for existence , captivity , and dispersion . Their national existence has long been lost . Was there ever a nation of grander promise than Greece or Rome ...
Pagina 2
... race . But if Greece and Rome and a host of older nations , of which History has often for- gotten the very name , have failed and died , can any- thing but ultimate failure await the race ? Is human history to prove a story told by an ...
... race . But if Greece and Rome and a host of older nations , of which History has often for- gotten the very name , have failed and died , can any- thing but ultimate failure await the race ? Is human history to prove a story told by an ...
Pagina 7
... 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 , it came from some- thing ...
... 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 , it came from some- thing ...
Pagina 12
... race of markedly peculiar form or character- istics by selecting the individuals possessing this qual- ity in the highest degree and breeding only from these . The breeder depends upon heredity , variation , and his selection of the ...
... race of markedly peculiar form or character- istics by selecting the individuals possessing this qual- ity in the highest degree and breeding only from these . The breeder depends upon heredity , variation , and his selection of the ...
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The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and ... John Mason Tyler Visualizzazione completa - 1896 |
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The Whence and the Whither of Man: A Brief History of His Origin and ... John Mason Tyler Visualizzazione completa - 1897 |
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advance amoeba amphibia anatomical ancestors animal kingdom annelid apes appear appetite archenteron attained become beginning better birds body brain cells cerebrum characteristics conformity to environment conscious degeneration digestion and reproduction dominant embryo embryology entoderm existence experience eyes fish functions future ganglion gastrula germ-plasm give groups higher forms highest human hydra important increase individual insect instinct intelligence jaws knowledge laws layer legs living locomotion lower mammals man's marsupial ment mental mind mode modified mollusks moral motives muscles muscular muscular system natural selection nephridia nerve nervous system never notochord nutriment organs oxygen parapodia perception 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 tion tissues true truth turbellaria unselfishness variation velopment vertebral column vertebrates volvox young