The Descent of man and selection in relation to sexD. Appleton, 1909 - Всего страниц: 688 |
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... shew that their presence gen- erally depends merely on inheritance , that is , on parts ac- quired by one sex having been partially transmitted to the other . I will in this place only give some instances of such rudiments . It is well ...
... shew that their presence gen- erally depends merely on inheritance , that is , on parts ac- quired by one sex having been partially transmitted to the other . I will in this place only give some instances of such rudiments . It is well ...
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... shew how difficult it is to arrive at any precise result . Dr. Beddoe has lately proved that , with the in- habitants of Britain , residence in towns and certain occu- pations have a deteriorating influence on height ; and he infers ...
... shew how difficult it is to arrive at any precise result . Dr. Beddoe has lately proved that , with the in- habitants of Britain , residence in towns and certain occu- pations have a deteriorating influence on height ; and he infers ...
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... shew that his liability in this respect has not been lost ; and we positively know that the same law holds good with the lower animals . Consequently we may infer that when at a remote epoch the progenitors of man were in a transitional ...
... shew that his liability in this respect has not been lost ; and we positively know that the same law holds good with the lower animals . Consequently we may infer that when at a remote epoch the progenitors of man were in a transitional ...
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... shew that they can support a wife ; and they generally have first to earn the price with which to purchase her from her par- ents . With savages the difficulty of obtaining subsistence occasionally limits their number in a much more ...
... shew that they can support a wife ; and they generally have first to earn the price with which to purchase her from her par- ents . With savages the difficulty of obtaining subsistence occasionally limits their number in a much more ...
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... shew how easily the skull is thus affected . Ethnologists believe that it is modified by the kind of cradle in which infants sleep . Habitual spasms of the muscles , and a cicatrix from a severe burn , have permanently modified the ...
... shew how easily the skull is thus affected . Ethnologists believe that it is modified by the kind of cradle in which infants sleep . Habitual spasms of the muscles , and a cicatrix from a severe burn , have permanently modified the ...
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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.