Darwinism: An Exposition of the Theory of Natural Selection, with Some of Its ApplicationsMacmillan and Company, 1889 - Всего страниц: 494 |
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... abundance of new facts and the advocacy of many new or old theories . While not attempting to deal , even in outline , with the vast subject of evolution in general , an endeavour has been made to give such an account of the theory of ...
... abundance of new facts and the advocacy of many new or old theories . While not attempting to deal , even in outline , with the vast subject of evolution in general , an endeavour has been made to give such an account of the theory of ...
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... abundance , some which are rare in the one being common in the other . Hence it happens that slight changes of conditions often produce great changes in the flora of a country . Thus in 1740 and the two following years the larva of a ...
... abundance , some which are rare in the one being common in the other . Hence it happens that slight changes of conditions often produce great changes in the flora of a country . Thus in 1740 and the two following years the larva of a ...
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... abundance of red clover and wild heart's - ease in a district will depend on a good supply of cats to kill the mice , which would otherwise destroy and keep down the humble - bees and prevent them from fertilising the flowers . A chain ...
... abundance of red clover and wild heart's - ease in a district will depend on a good supply of cats to kill the mice , which would otherwise destroy and keep down the humble - bees and prevent them from fertilising the flowers . A chain ...
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... abundant . The beech is a tree essentially of the temperate zone , having its northern limit considerably southward of the oak , fir , birch , or aspen , and its entrance into Denmark was no doubt due to the amelioration of the climate ...
... abundant . The beech is a tree essentially of the temperate zone , having its northern limit considerably southward of the oak , fir , birch , or aspen , and its entrance into Denmark was no doubt due to the amelioration of the climate ...
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... abundance of the larger carnivora and large reptiles on its banks , he goes on : " But it was among the flora that the principle of natural selection was most prominently displayed . In such a district - overrun with rodents and escaped ...
... abundance of the larger carnivora and large reptiles on its banks , he goes on : " But it was among the flora that the principle of natural selection was most prominently displayed . In such a district - overrun with rodents and escaped ...
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Стр. 40 - When we reflect on this struggle, we may console ourselves with the full belief, that the war of nature is not incessant, that no fear is felt, that death is generally prompt, and that the vigorous, the healthy, and the happy survive and multiply.
Стр. 412 - I have now recapitulated the facts and considerations which have thoroughly convinced me that species have been modified during a long course of descent. This has been effected chiefly through the natural selection of numerous successive, slight, favourable variations; aided in an important manner by the inherited effects of the use and disuse of parts; and in an unimportant manner, that is in relation to adaptive structures, whether past or present, by the direct action of external conditions, and...
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Стр. 31 - Not far from Shelbyville, in the State of Kentucky, about five years ago, there was one of these breeding places, which stretched through the woods in nearly a north and south direction ; was several miles in breadth, and was said to be upwards of forty miles in extent ! In this tract, almost every tree was furnished with nests, wherever the branches could accommodate them.
Стр. 31 - The ground was strewed with broken limbs of trees, eggs, and young squab pigeons, which had been precipitated from above, and on which herds of hogs were fattening. Hawks, buzzards, and eagles, were sailing about in great numbers, and seizing the squabs from...
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