The History of Creation: Or The Development of the Earth and Its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes. A Popular Exposition of the Doctrine of Evolution in General, and of that of Darwin, Goethe, and Lamarck in Particular. From the 8th German Ed. of Ernst Haeckel ... The Translation Rev. by E. Ray Lankester, 2. köideK. Paul, Trench, Trübner & Company, Limited, 1906 |
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adaptation Algæ Amniota Amphibia Amphioxus ancestors ANCESTRAL STAGE ancient animal kingdom Ape-like articulated Batrachians belong Birds body body-cavity calcareous cells central Chalk period characteristic closely allied Cnidaria common primary form comparative anatomy connected Crabs Creodonta Crustacea Dipneusta distinguished division Eocene epoch Ernst Haeckel existed extinct fact feet Ferns fish formation fossil remains Ganoid Gastræa Gastrula genuine gills hand Helminthes Homo Hoofed animals human species important Insects intestinal latter layer legion legs living lower lowest main groups Mammalia Mammals Man-like Apes Marsupials Metazoa Molluscs Monera monophyletic namely natural Negroes one-celled ontogeny organs origin pairs peculiar pedigree petrifactions phylogenetic phylogeny Placental animals Placentalia plants Plate Platodes polyphyletic possess primæval primæval language primary group probably Protista races Radiolaria regard Reptiles Semi-apes Silurian simple skeleton skull Sponges strata structure sub-class tail teeth Theory of Descent Trias tribe Ulotrichi vegetable kingdom Vertebrata Vertebrate animals whole Worms zoologists