 ... 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
 | Ludwig Büchner - 1880 - 410 lehte
...different species. " Under this point of view," says Darwin (" Descent of Man," ed. 1875, p. 54), " the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous...the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man." This fact shows at the same time " that there may be extraordinary mental activity with an extremely... | |
 | M. M. Kalisch - 1880 - 682 lehte
...ganglia are not so large as the quarter of a small pin's head, we must confess that "the brain of the ant is one of the most marvellous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more marvellous than the brain of man"." Stated with greater precision, our law of biology is this : A cell... | |
 | H. Mortimer Franklyn - 1881 - 830 lehte
...striking instances by Mr. JG Romanes, quite justifying the assertion of a celebrated living naturalist, that " the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous...the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man." The Rev. Dr. Jessop has been for five and twenty years a Norwich clergyman. He has recently accepted... | |
 | 1881 - 904 lehte
...the remark of the most illustrious of naturalists, " The brain of an ant is one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man." — Nineteenth Century. FOREST-CULTURE IN ALPINE RAVINES.* BY MJ CLEVE. "TTTHATEVER differences of... | |
 | 1902 - 1028 lehte
...class of insects are a revelation. Darwin declared "the brain of the ant is one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of man." Some species of ants gather harvests, build bridges and viaducts and, we are assured, even bury... | |
 | Charles Bray - 1883 - 352 lehte
...Varieties, and Phenomena," p. 81, by Leo 11. Grindon. 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 unite... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1884 - 396 lehte
...quarter of a small pin's head. Under this point of view, the brain of an ant is one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man. p The gradually increasing weight of the brain and skull in man must have influenced the development... | |
 | Henry Calderwood - 1884 - 572 lehte
...along with the possible comparisons as to intelligence, we readily assent to the statement of Darwin, that " the brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous atoms in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of a man." That such an "atom" should prove adequate for... | |
 | 1890 - 400 lehte
...conspicuous instance of these qualities is the ant, whose brain, says Darwin, " is one of the most marvelous atoms of matter in the world, perhaps more so than the brain of man." Krapotkin accounts for its superior qualities by the fact that mutual aid has entirely taken... | |
 | Moses True Brown - 1886 - 322 lehte
...substance. A dot of this substance not so large as a pin's head organizes an insect kingdom. Said Darwin : " The brain of an ant is one of the most marvellous...world, — perhaps more so than the brain of a man." Stated in terms of matter, Life is an energy centred in nerve substance, and nowhere exists save in... | |
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