The Descent of man and selection in relation to sexD. Appleton, 1909 - Всего страниц: 688 |
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... body and mind . I also attributed some amount of modi- fication to the direct and prolonged action of changed con- ditions of life . Some allowance , too , must be made for occasional reversions of structure ; nor must we forget what I ...
... body and mind . I also attributed some amount of modi- fication to the direct and prolonged action of changed con- ditions of life . Some allowance , too , must be made for occasional reversions of structure ; nor must we forget what I ...
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... body and mind in man - Inheritance - Causes of variability -Laws of variation the same in man as in the lower animals - Direct action of the conditions of life - Effects of the increased use and disuse of parts - Arrested development ...
... body and mind in man - Inheritance - Causes of variability -Laws of variation the same in man as in the lower animals - Direct action of the conditions of life - Effects of the increased use and disuse of parts - Arrested development ...
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... body ; 25 and not a few muscles , which are regularly present in some of the lower animals can occasionally be ... bodies ; for instance , the 12 PART L THE DESCENT OF MAN .
... body ; 25 and not a few muscles , which are regularly present in some of the lower animals can occasionally be ... bodies ; for instance , the 12 PART L THE DESCENT OF MAN .
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... body are the rudiments of the uniform hairy coat of the lower animals . This view is rendered all the more probable , as it is known that fine , short , and pale- coloured hairs on the limbs and other parts of the body , occasionally ...
... body are the rudiments of the uniform hairy coat of the lower animals . This view is rendered all the more probable , as it is known that fine , short , and pale- coloured hairs on the limbs and other parts of the body , occasionally ...
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... body are the same as in the adult , but are subject to much variability . The whole sur- face , including even the ... bodies and faces thickly cov- ered with fine long hairs ; and this strange condition is strongly inherited , and is ...
... body are the same as in the adult , but are subject to much variability . The whole sur- face , including even the ... bodies and faces thickly cov- ered with fine long hairs ; and this strange condition is strongly inherited , and is ...
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Стр. 618 - But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her, for her hair is given her for a covering.
Стр. 634 - For my own part, I would as soon be descended from that heroic little monkey who braved his dreaded enemy in order to save the life of his keeper; or from that old baboon who, descending from the mountains, carried away in triumph his young comrade from a crowd of astonished dogs, — as from a savage who delights to torture his enemies, offers up bloody sacrifices, practices infanticide without remorse, treats his wives like slaves, knows no decency, and is haunted by the grossest superstitions.
Стр. 621 - ... muscles, which man does not normally possess, but which are common to the Quadrumana ; and a crowd of analogous facts, — all point in the plainest manner to the conclusion that man is the codescendant with other mammals of a common progenitor.
Стр. 621 - Now when viewed by the light of our knowledge of the whole organic world their meaning is unmistakable. The great principle of evolution stands up clear and firm, when these groups of facts are considered in connection with others, such as the mutual affinities of the members of the same group, their geographical distribution in past and present times, and their geological succession. It is incredible that all these facts should speak falsely.
Стр. 621 - ... man is descended from some less highly organised form. The grounds upon which this conclusion rests will never l>e shaken, for the close similarity between man and the lower animals in embryonic development, as well as in innumerable points of structure and constitution, both of high and of the most trifling importance, — the rudiments which he retains, and the abnormal reversions to which he is occasionally liable, — are facts which cannot be disputed.
Стр. 79 - ... she stopped, evidently greatly puzzled, and after one or two trials, finding she could not take it up without permitting the escape of the winged bird, she considered a moment, then deliberately murdered it by giving it a severe crunch, and afterwards brought away both together. This was the only known instance of her having wilfully injured any game.
Стр. 117 - Thus at last man comes to feel through acquired and perhaps inherited habit, that it is best for him to obey his more persistent instincts. The imperious word ought...
Стр. 99 - The following proposition seems to me in a high degree probable — namely, that any animal whatever, endowed with well-marked social instincts,5 the parental and filial affections being here included, would inevitably acquire a moral sense or conscience, as soon as its intellectual powers had become as well, or nearly as well developed, as in man.
Стр. 604 - ... agree that but one adult male is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head of the community.
Стр. 97 - The same high mental faculties which first led man to believe in unseen spiritual agencies, then in fetishism, polytheism, and ultimately in monotheism, would infallibly lead him, as long as his reasoning powers remained poorly developed, to various strange superstitions and customs.