Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1870 - 384 pages |
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... wing adapted for flight in the scaly flapper of the penguin , and limbs first concealed beneath the skin , and then weakly protruding from it , were the necessary gra- dations before others should be formed fully adapted for locomotion ...
... wing adapted for flight in the scaly flapper of the penguin , and limbs first concealed beneath the skin , and then weakly protruding from it , were the necessary gra- dations before others should be formed fully adapted for locomotion ...
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... wing to search for it over an extensive area , or during or during some season of the year it becomes very scarce , and less wholesome substitutes have to be found ; and thus , though more fertile in offspring , they can never in ...
... wing to search for it over an extensive area , or during or during some season of the year it becomes very scarce , and less wholesome substitutes have to be found ; and thus , though more fertile in offspring , they can never in ...
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... wings would sooner or later be affected in its powers of procuring a regular supply of food ; and in both cases the result must neces- sarily be a diminution of the population of the modified species . If , on the other hand , any ...
... wings would sooner or later be affected in its powers of procuring a regular supply of food ; and in both cases the result must neces- sarily be a diminution of the population of the modified species . If , on the other hand , any ...
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... wings accom- panying weak feet , or great velocity making up for the absence of defensive weapons ; for it has been shown that all varieties in which an unbalanced deficiency occurred could not long continue their existence . The action ...
... wings accom- panying weak feet , or great velocity making up for the absence of defensive weapons ; for it has been shown that all varieties in which an unbalanced deficiency occurred could not long continue their existence . The action ...
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... wings of an insect not only assume the exact tint of the bark or leaf it is accustomed to rest on , but the form and veining of the leaf or the exact rugosity of the bark is imitated ; and these detailed modifications cannot be ...
... wings of an insect not only assume the exact tint of the bark or leaf it is accustomed to rest on , but the form and veining of the leaf or the exact rugosity of the bark is imitated ; and these detailed modifications cannot be ...
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