Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection: A Series of EssaysMacmillan and Company, 1875 - 384 pages |
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... important applications . The present work will , I venture to think , prove , that I both saw at the time the value and scope of the law which I had discovered , and have since been able to apply it to some purpose in a few original ...
... important applications . The present work will , I venture to think , prove , that I both saw at the time the value and scope of the law which I had discovered , and have since been able to apply it to some purpose in a few original ...
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... important additions , among which I may especially mention Mr. Jenner Weir's observations and experi- ments on the colours of the caterpillars eaten or rejected by birds . - IV . THE MALAYAN PAPILIONIDE , OR SWALLOW- TAILED BUTTERFLIES ...
... important additions , among which I may especially mention Mr. Jenner Weir's observations and experi- ments on the colours of the caterpillars eaten or rejected by birds . - IV . THE MALAYAN PAPILIONIDE , OR SWALLOW- TAILED BUTTERFLIES ...
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... important alter- ations and additions . I had intended to have consider- ably extended this essay , but on attempting it I found that I should probably weaken the effect without add- ing much to the argument . I have therefore preferred ...
... important alter- ations and additions . I had intended to have consider- ably extended this essay , but on attempting it I found that I should probably weaken the effect without add- ing much to the argument . I have therefore preferred ...
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... Importance of the Principle of Utility -Popular Theories of Colour in Animals - Importance of Conceal- ment as influencing Colour - Special modifications of Colour - Theory of Protective Colouring - Objection that Colour as being ...
... Importance of the Principle of Utility -Popular Theories of Colour in Animals - Importance of Conceal- ment as influencing Colour - Special modifications of Colour - Theory of Protective Colouring - Objection that Colour as being ...
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... important Element of Mental Power - Comparison of the Brains of Man and of Anthropoid Apes - Range of intellectual power in Man - Intellect of Savages and of Animals compared - The use of the Hairy Covering of Mammalia - The Constant ...
... important Element of Mental Power - Comparison of the Brains of Man and of Anthropoid Apes - Range of intellectual power in Man - Intellect of Savages and of Animals compared - The use of the Hairy Covering of Mammalia - The Constant ...
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