A Manual of Anthropology, Or Science of Man Based on Modern Research by Charles BrayLongmans, Green, Reader and Dyer, 1871 - 358 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 42
Page 12
... classes of animals , beasts of the field , fowls of the air , creeping things , and things which dwell in the waters , flourished upon the globe long ages before the chalk was deposited . Very few , however , if any , of these ancient ...
... classes of animals , beasts of the field , fowls of the air , creeping things , and things which dwell in the waters , flourished upon the globe long ages before the chalk was deposited . Very few , however , if any , of these ancient ...
Page 13
... class from those which contain existing forms . It is only when we come to the orders , which may be roughly estimated at about 130 , that we meet with fossil animals so distinct from those now living as to require order for themselves ...
... class from those which contain existing forms . It is only when we come to the orders , which may be roughly estimated at about 130 , that we meet with fossil animals so distinct from those now living as to require order for themselves ...
Page 19
... class of animals , sounds so different as the drumming of the snipe's tail , the tapping of the woodpecker's beak , the harsh trumpet - like cry of certain water - fowl , the cooing of the turtle - dove , and the song of the nightin ...
... class of animals , sounds so different as the drumming of the snipe's tail , the tapping of the woodpecker's beak , the harsh trumpet - like cry of certain water - fowl , the cooing of the turtle - dove , and the song of the nightin ...
Page 22
... class of mammalia . It is not the peculiarities of mere physical form that most distinguish one animal from another , but the varied development of their nervous systems and the grades of mind dependent upon it . Thus , according to ...
... class of mammalia . It is not the peculiarities of mere physical form that most distinguish one animal from another , but the varied development of their nervous systems and the grades of mind dependent upon it . Thus , according to ...
Page 28
... class from their great facility for learning by heart , and he observed that this peculiarity of talent was accompanied by prominent eyes . Afterwards , in the course of his professional studies , he discovered that this prominence of ...
... class from their great facility for learning by heart , and he observed that this peculiarity of talent was accompanied by prominent eyes . Afterwards , in the course of his professional studies , he discovered that this prominence of ...
Common terms and phrases
according animals anthropomorphic Atheism bodily body brain called cause civilisation colour consciousness consequences creation creatures creed Darwin death depends doubt duty earth effect enjoyment equally evil existence external fact faculties feeling force functions George Combe give happiness heat Hegel Henry Maudsley Herbert Spencer human Huxley ideas increase individual infinite instinct intellectual intelligence J. S. Mill labour larvæ living man's manifestation matter Max Müller ment mental millions mind modes of action moral motion Natural Selection Neil Arnott nervous system object opinion organ organisation pain Pall Mall Gazette passed persons phenomena Philosophy Phrenology physical Physiology pleasure present principle probably produce Prof proportion race recognised relation Religion requires result says sense Sir John Lubbock social society soul Spinoza spirit supposed tells things thought tion tissue truth unity universe wants whole