The Factors in Organic Evolution: A Syllabus of a Course of Elementary Lectures Delivered in Leland Stanford Junior UniversityGinn, 1895 - 298 pages |
Contents
Evolution as a Working Hypothesis | 4 |
Variety in Life | 8 |
The Great Conservative Force in Evolution | 12 |
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The Factors in Organic Evolution; A Syllabus of a Course of Elementary ... David Starr Jordan No preview available - 2016 |
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activity adaptation algæ alike altruism amphimixis animals and plants apes becomes Bible biological birds Charity chromatin civilization classification comparative complex coöperation creatures Darwin degeneration degradation differentiation divergence division of labor Embryology Ennui environment ethics evil female fish fittest fool-killer force forms frenulum functions gametophyte gastræa theory germ cells growth Hæckel Hence Herbert Spencer hereditary heredity Homology human reaction Huxley idea increase individual inherited insects justice Lamarck lepidoptera living lower lumbar vertebræ male Many-celled metazoa monkeys muscles natural selection Nature's nerve never nucleus Organic Evolution Origin of Species pain parent Parthenogenesis philosophy phylogeny primitive Prof progress protoplasm protozoa pteridophytes qualities questions race recognize relation religion result sacculina sense social specialization Spencer spontaneous sporophyte stages strength structure struggle for existence THEORY OF DESCENT things tion truth unity variation variety vertebrates waste Weismann