 ... the wonderfully diversified instincts, mental powers, and affections of ants are notorious, yet their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous...  Animal Intelligence - Page 132by George John Romanes - 1888 - 520 lehteFull view - About this book
 | 1871 - 1202 lehte
...mental activity is not always associated with relative increase in this respect. " The brain of an aiit is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world — perhaps more marvellous than the brain of man." Certainly man ia naked, and the ape is not; but perhaps the genus... | |
 | 1892 - 916 lehte
...this little animal has excited the wonder and admiration of mankind. Darwin remarked that its brain ' is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of man.' To test the power of memory in the ant, Sir John Lubbock first tried keeping an ant away from... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 432 lehte
...cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Tinder this latter point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more marvellous than the brain of man. The belief that there exists in man some close relation between the... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1871 - 398 lehte
...cerebral genglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this latter point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more marvellous than the brain of man." * * * " Ants communicate information to each other, and several... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1871 - 386 lehte
...cerebral genglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this latter point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more marvellous than the brain of man." * * * ." Ants communicate information to each other, and several... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1871 - 554 lehte
...cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this latter point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more marvellous than the brain of man. The belief that there exists in man some close relation between the... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1874 - 840 lehte
...their cerebral ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous...the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man. The belief that there exists in man some close relation between the size of the brain and the development... | |
 | 1875 - 374 lehte
...head." A son of Mr. Darwin succeeded in the anatomy of an ant's brain, and his father observes, " It is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world. More so even than the brain of man." Yet such is the prodigal wealth of nature that millions on millions... | |
 | Lady Frances Parthenope Verney - 1877 - 282 lehte
...head." A son of Mr. Darwin succeeded in the anatomy of an ant's brain, and his father observes: " It is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world. More so even than the brain of man." Yet such is the prodigal wealth of nature that millions on millions... | |
 | 1878 - 814 lehte
...displaying instincts and apparent affections of wonderful intensity and compass. Viewed in this aspect, " the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more marvellous than the brain of man." Here, however, we look on elements of contrast rather than analogy... | |
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