The Descent of man and selection in relation to sexD. Appleton, 1909 - Всего страниц: 688 |
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... individuals , as I am assured by an eminent naturalist who possesses this sense highly developed , and who has attended to the subject . Those who believe in the principle of grad- ual evolution , will not readily admit that the sense ...
... individuals , as I am assured by an eminent naturalist who possesses this sense highly developed , and who has attended to the subject . Those who believe in the principle of grad- ual evolution , will not readily admit that the sense ...
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... individuals which were least encumbered with a superfluous part , aided by the other means previously indi- cated . Thus we can understand how it has come to pass that man and all other vertebrate animals have been constructed on the ...
... individuals which were least encumbered with a superfluous part , aided by the other means previously indi- cated . Thus we can understand how it has come to pass that man and all other vertebrate animals have been constructed on the ...
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... individuals of the same race are quite alike . We may compare millions of faces , and each will be distinct . There is an equally great amount of diversity in the pro- portions and dimensions of the various parts of the body ; the ...
... individuals of the same race are quite alike . We may compare millions of faces , and each will be distinct . There is an equally great amount of diversity in the pro- portions and dimensions of the various parts of the body ; the ...
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... individuals of the same race , when inhabiting a very wide area , like that of America . We see the influence of diversified conditions in the more civilised nations ; for the members belonging to different grades of rank , and ...
... individuals of the same race , when inhabiting a very wide area , like that of America . We see the influence of diversified conditions in the more civilised nations ; for the members belonging to different grades of rank , and ...
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... individuals should be pre- served , and thus unconsciously selected , from somehow ex- celling in utility to their masters . Nor have certain male and female individuals been intentionally picked out and matched , except in the well ...
... individuals should be pre- served , and thus unconsciously selected , from somehow ex- celling in utility to their masters . Nor have certain male and female individuals been intentionally picked out and matched , except in the well ...
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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.