The Philosophy of EvolutionJ. Van Voorst, 1873 - 159 páginas |
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... ( Plates VI . , VII . , & VIII . ) which will enable the reader to form an idea of the nature of the transition between the ancient less and the modern more highly specialized forms . Lastly , the geographical distribution of organic ...
... ( Plates VI . , VII . , & VIII . ) which will enable the reader to form an idea of the nature of the transition between the ancient less and the modern more highly specialized forms . Lastly , the geographical distribution of organic ...
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... ( Plate III . figs . 1 , 2 , and 3 ) . We are thus led to the ciliated Infusoria by an easy transition . Future observations directed to these points will 32 RECAPITULATION . probably throw light upon this important subject.
... ( Plate III . figs . 1 , 2 , and 3 ) . We are thus led to the ciliated Infusoria by an easy transition . Future observations directed to these points will 32 RECAPITULATION . probably throw light upon this important subject.
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... ( Plates I. & II . ) , and gum - trees , Eucalyptus , amongst plants , and certain beetles , Harpalus , and some genera of mollusks , Brachiopods , amongst ani- mals . Polymorphism occurs more rarely , perhaps , amongst the more highly ...
... ( Plates I. & II . ) , and gum - trees , Eucalyptus , amongst plants , and certain beetles , Harpalus , and some genera of mollusks , Brachiopods , amongst ani- mals . Polymorphism occurs more rarely , perhaps , amongst the more highly ...
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... Diatomaceae ( Plate III . ) are inherited is not difficult to explain on this view , although at first sight it appears incredible that it should depend on so simple a law . NODAL LINES OF VIBRATING SURFACES . 55 It is well.
... Diatomaceae ( Plate III . ) are inherited is not difficult to explain on this view , although at first sight it appears incredible that it should depend on so simple a law . NODAL LINES OF VIBRATING SURFACES . 55 It is well.
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... plate , and the plate be made to vibrate by means of a bow or a string drawn rapidly across one of its edges , the sand leaves certain portions of the plate and arranges itself in a beautiful geometrical figure . This is caused by the ...
... plate , and the plate be made to vibrate by means of a bow or a string drawn rapidly across one of its edges , the sand leaves certain portions of the plate and arranges itself in a beautiful geometrical figure . This is caused by the ...
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acquired action acts adapted æther already seen Amoeba amongst amphibian ancestors ancient appears aquatic beauty become believe birds bones buds changes CHAPTER characters Chironectes complex considerable correlated Crustacea Darwin deposits descendants direct embryo energy evidence evidence of evolution evolution excreted existence external extinct extremely facts favour fish Foraminifera formation fossils gemmules genera give rise gradually hence higher highly developed Hipparion hypothesis increase individual influence inheritance lancelet large number larvæ laws less light living lower forms mammalia mammals material matter maturity modification natural selection nitrogen nourishment nutrition occur offspring organs Origin of Species ovum Pangenesis parent patagium penguins period phenomena plasticity Plate probably produce protoplasm pseudopodia race relation reproduction reptiles reptilian result rudimentary Sirenia skull specialized sternum strata structure structureless suppose survival tendency tertiary theory tion tissue transitional forms undergo undoubtedly variability variation vary vast number vertebrates vibrations volition whilst wings young
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Página 136 - I look at the geological record as a history of the world imperfectly kept, and written in a changing dialect; of this history we possess the last volume alone, relating only to two or three countries. Of this volume, only here and there a short chapter has been preserved ; and of each page, only here and there a few lines.
Página 120 - Whilst at work I seemed to myself to have been endeavouring to decipher a palimpsest, and one not erased and written upon again just once, but five or six times over. " Having erased, as it were, the characters of the culminating type — those of the gaudy Indian bird — I seemed to be amongst the sombre grouse ; and then, towards incubation, the characters of the sand-grouse and hemipod stood out before me. Rubbing these away, in my downward work the form of the tinamou looked me in the face ;...
Página 148 - ... yet it is not improbable that there is a certain amount of interference between the development of free intelligence and of instinct — which latter implies some inherited modification of the brain. Little is known about the functions of the brain, but we can perceive that as the intellectual powers become highly developed, the various parts of the brain must be connected by very intricate channels of the freest intercommunication; and as a consequence, each separate part would perhaps tend...
Página 109 - As natural selection acts solely by the preservation of profitable modifications, each new form will tend in a fully-stocked country to take the place of, and finally to exterminate, its own less improved parent-form and other less-favoured forms with which it comes into competition.
Página 140 - At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world the savage races.
Página 49 - If strange and rare deviations of structure are really inherited, less strange and commoner deviations may be freely admitted to be inheritable. Perhaps the correct way of viewing the whole subject would be, to look at the inheritance of every character whatever as the rule, and non-inheritance as the anomaly.
Página 33 - Several writers have misapprehended or objected to the term Natural Selection. Some have even imagined that natural selection induces variability, whereas it implies only the preservation of such variations as arise and are beneficial to the being under its conditions of life.