The Foundations of ZoölogyMacmillan, 1899 - Всего страниц: 339 Presents a series of lectures from the 1800's which show that life is a response to the order of nature. Includes lectures on nature and nurture, migration, zoology, and the philosophy of evolution. |
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... animals and of man do not take place in the absence of certain normal physiological stimuli . Male mammals , for example , do not attain bodily perfection until the approach of sexual maturity . In man the beard begins to grow at what ...
... animals and of man do not take place in the absence of certain normal physiological stimuli . Male mammals , for example , do not attain bodily perfection until the approach of sexual maturity . In man the beard begins to grow at what ...
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... animals admit that training can do no more for them than to make the best of their natural capa- city , for they differ greatly in power to profit by experience ; and the nature of each species sets impassable bounds to the power of ...
... animals admit that training can do no more for them than to make the best of their natural capa- city , for they differ greatly in power to profit by experience ; and the nature of each species sets impassable bounds to the power of ...
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... animal . We must also remember that even if we prove that individual animals acquire , by contact with the ex- ternal world , nothing but what their nature provides for , this does not show that they are compelled to make of themselves ...
... animal . We must also remember that even if we prove that individual animals acquire , by contact with the ex- ternal world , nothing but what their nature provides for , this does not show that they are compelled to make of themselves ...
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... animals fight with one another , when they associate for a common purpose , when they warn one another in danger , when they come to the rescue of one another , when they display pain or joy , they manifest impulses of the same kind as ...
... animals fight with one another , when they associate for a common purpose , when they warn one another in danger , when they come to the rescue of one another , when they display pain or joy , they manifest impulses of the same kind as ...
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... animals , can feel prepared , in the present stage of our knowledge , to trace the limit where this community of nature ceases ? " As for myself , I try to treat all living things , plants as well as animals , as if they may have some ...
... animals , can feel prepared , in the present stage of our knowledge , to trace the limit where this community of nature ceases ? " As for myself , I try to treat all living things , plants as well as animals , as if they may have some ...
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actions adaptive adjustment admit ancestors animals argument argument from design Aristotle artificial selection assertion believe beneficial Berkeley birds body bottom breeding Cambrian causation cause changes chick confidence conscious contrivance coördinated crustacea Darwin deaf discover doubt echinoderms effect eggs embryology essay evidence expect experience explanation fact fauna fitness Galton hold human Huxley individuals influence inheritance instinct Lamarck Lamarckian language larvæ LECTURE living things matter mean mechanical migration mind modern modification mutability of species natural knowledge natural selection natural theology naturalists necessary nurture ocean opinion order of nature orderly organic origin of species Paley parents pelagic phenomena physical basis plants principles proof properties protoplasm prove question reason response says scientific seed seems sense siphonophore stimulus structure struggle for existence suppose teleology tells thought tion truth whole words zoea zoologist zoology