The Origin of SpeciesP.F. Collier, 1909 - Всего страниц: 552 |
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... supposed " impulses account in a scientific sense for the numerous and beautiful co - adaptations which we see throughout nature ; I cannot see that we thus gain A - HC XI 99 any insight how , for instance , a woodpecker has HISTORICAL ...
... supposed " impulses account in a scientific sense for the numerous and beautiful co - adaptations which we see throughout nature ; I cannot see that we thus gain A - HC XI 99 any insight how , for instance , a woodpecker has HISTORICAL ...
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... supposed to have been caused by some miasma , have arisen and spread over the world , so at certain periods the germs of existing species may have been chem- ically affected by circumambient molecules of a particular nature , and thus ...
... supposed to have been caused by some miasma , have arisen and spread over the world , so at certain periods the germs of existing species may have been chem- ically affected by circumambient molecules of a particular nature , and thus ...
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... supposed . The lake - inhabitants of Switzerland cultivated several kinds of wheat and barley , the pea , the poppy for oil , and flax ; and they possessed several domesticated animals . They also carried on commerce with other nations ...
... supposed . The lake - inhabitants of Switzerland cultivated several kinds of wheat and barley , the pea , the poppy for oil , and flax ; and they possessed several domesticated animals . They also carried on commerce with other nations ...
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... any lesser number : how , for instance , could a pouter be produced by crossing two breeds unless one of the parent - stocks pos- sessed the characteristic enormous crop ? The supposed abo- riginal DOMESTIC PIGEONS 39.
... any lesser number : how , for instance , could a pouter be produced by crossing two breeds unless one of the parent - stocks pos- sessed the characteristic enormous crop ? The supposed abo- riginal DOMESTIC PIGEONS 39.
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... supposed aboriginal stocks must either still exist in the countries where they were originally domesticated , and yet be unknown to ornithologists ; and this , considering their size , habits , and remarkable characters , seems ...
... supposed aboriginal stocks must either still exist in the countries where they were originally domesticated , and yet be unknown to ornithologists ; and this , considering their size , habits , and remarkable characters , seems ...
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adapted admit affinities allied species America analogous ancient appear Asa Gray beak become bees believe belonging birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour common continent crossed crustaceans degree developed difficulty distinct species domestic doubt eggs embryo existing extinct extremely facts favourable fertilised fertility flowers formation forms fossil Fritz Müller genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations groups of species habits Hence hybrids important increase individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate kind lamellæ larvæ less living male mammals manner Marsupials migration modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest offspring organisation organs parent peculiar perfect pigeon pistil pollen present principle probably produced progenitor quadrupeds ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemblance rudimentary seeds sexual selection slight South America stamens sterility structure successive supposed tend theory tion trees variability variations varieties vary whilst whole wings young
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Стр. 78 - Nothing is easier than to admit in words the truth of the universal struggle for life, or more difficult — at least I have found it so — than constantly to bear this conclusion in mind.
Стр. 22 - ... species had not been independently created, but had descended, like varieties, from other species. Nevertheless, such a conclusion, even if well founded, would be unsatisfactory, until it could be shown how the innumerable species inhabiting this world have been modified, so as to acquire that perfection of structure and coadaptation which justly excites our admiration.
Стр. 94 - If such do occur, can we doubt (remembering that many more individuals are born than can possibly survive) that individuals having any advantage, however slight, over others, would have the best chance of surviving and of procreating their kind ? On the other hand, we may feel sure that any variation in the least degree injurious would be rigidly destroyed. This preservation of favourable individual differences and variations, and the destruction of those which are injurious, I have called Natural...
Стр. 90 - We can dimly see why the competition should be most severe between allied forms which fill nearly the same place in the economy of nature, but probably in no one case could we precisely' say why one species has been victorious over another in the great battle of life.
Стр. 77 - I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term Natural Selection, in order to mark its relation to man's power of selection. But the expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally convenient.
Стр. 46 - We cannot suppose that all the c— HC x1 breeds were suddenly produced as perfect and as useful as we now see them ; indeed, in many cases, we know that this has not been their history. The key is man's power of accumulative selection : nature gives successive variations ; man adds them up in certain directions useful to him.
Стр. 188 - To suppose that the eye, with all its inimitable contrivances for adjusting the focus to different distances, for admitting different amounts of light, and for the correction of spherical and chromatic aberration, could have been formed by natural selection, seems, I freely confess, absurd in the highest possible degree.
Стр. 192 - Let this process go on for millions of years; and during each year on millions of individuals of many kinds; and may we not believe that a living optical instrument might thus be formed as superior to one of glass, as the works of the Creator are to those of man?
Стр. 527 - Thus, from the war of nature, from famine and death, the most exalted object which we are capable of conceiving, namely, the production of the higher animals, directly follows. There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed by the Creator into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are...
Стр. 140 - It is a truly wonderful fact — the wonder of which we are apt to overlook from familiarity — that all animals and all plants throughout all time and space should be related to each other in groups, subordinate to groups, in the manner which we everywhere behold...