My Life: A Record of Events and Opinions, 2. köideDodd, Mead, 1906 |
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... theory of natural selection , and it is sometimes stated that I have myself given up the most essential parts of that theory , I think it will be advisable to give a short statement of what those differences really are , and how they ...
... theory of natural selection , and it is sometimes stated that I have myself given up the most essential parts of that theory , I think it will be advisable to give a short statement of what those differences really are , and how they ...
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... theory of the origin of man is the true one . 2. Sexual Selection through Female Choice . - Darwin's theory of sexual selection consists of two quite distinct parts- the combats of males so common among polygamous mammals and birds ...
... theory of the origin of man is the true one . 2. Sexual Selection through Female Choice . - Darwin's theory of sexual selection consists of two quite distinct parts- the combats of males so common among polygamous mammals and birds ...
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... theory of mimicry , or that only a few species of butterfly resemble leaves , or that the habits and instincts that protect one animal are absent in allied species . These are all illustrations of the many and varied ways in which ...
... theory of mimicry , or that only a few species of butterfly resemble leaves , or that the habits and instincts that protect one animal are absent in allied species . These are all illustrations of the many and varied ways in which ...
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... theory of natural selection . 4. Pangenesis , and the Heredity of Acquired Characters.— Darwin always believed in the inheritance of acquired charac- ters , such as the effects of use and disuse of organs and of climate , food , etc ...
... theory of natural selection . 4. Pangenesis , and the Heredity of Acquired Characters.— Darwin always believed in the inheritance of acquired charac- ters , such as the effects of use and disuse of organs and of climate , food , etc ...
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... theory of flight were not true , because they would not apply equally to bats ; and we had quite a discussion on the subject . The next day , after thinking the matter over , I wrote him a long letter of eight pages , trying to show ...
... theory of flight were not true , because they would not apply equally to bats ; and we had quite a discussion on the subject . The next day , after thinking the matter over , I wrote him a long letter of eight pages , trying to show ...
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