Darwiniana: Essays and Reviews Pertaining to DarwinismD. Appleton, 1878 - Всего страниц: 396 |
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... least to the extent of being the re- ceived and presumably in some sense true conception . Far from undertaking any general discussion of evo- lution , several even of Mr. Darwin's writings have not been noticed , and topics which have ...
... least to the extent of being the re- ceived and presumably in some sense true conception . Far from undertaking any general discussion of evo- lution , several even of Mr. Darwin's writings have not been noticed , and topics which have ...
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... least it is a more readable book : but all the facts that can be mustered in favor of the theory are still likely to be needed . Who , upon a single perusal , shall pass judgment upon a work like this , to which twenty of the best years ...
... least it is a more readable book : but all the facts that can be mustered in favor of the theory are still likely to be needed . Who , upon a single perusal , shall pass judgment upon a work like this , to which twenty of the best years ...
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... least no natural standard , by which the opinions of different naturalists may be correlated . Species upon this view are enduring , but subjective and ideal . Any three or more of the hu- man races , for example , are species or not ...
... least no natural standard , by which the opinions of different naturalists may be correlated . Species upon this view are enduring , but subjective and ideal . Any three or more of the hu- man races , for example , are species or not ...
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... least in regard to subordinate groups , which have branched off from each other within comparatively recent times . For this doctrine of Agassiz accords well with the theory of natural selection . " scientifically . The one naturalist ...
... least in regard to subordinate groups , which have branched off from each other within comparatively recent times . For this doctrine of Agassiz accords well with the theory of natural selection . " scientifically . The one naturalist ...
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... least a score of pigeons might be chosen which if shown to an ornithologist , and he were told that they were wild birds , would certainly be ranked by him as well - defined species . Moreover , I do not believe that any ornithologist ...
... least a score of pigeons might be chosen which if shown to an ornithologist , and he were told that they were wild birds , would certainly be ranked by him as well - defined species . Moreover , I do not believe that any ornithologist ...
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Стр. 18 - The green and budding twigs may represent existing species; and those produced during each former year may represent the long succession of extinct species. At each period of growth all the growing twigs have tried to branch out on all sides, and to overtop and kill the surrounding twigs and branches, in the same manner as species and groups of species have tried to overmaster other species in the great battle for life.
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Стр. 18 - Of the many twigs which flourished when the tree was a mere bush, only two or three, now grown into great branches, yet survive and bear the other branches; so with the species which lived during long-past geological periods, very few have left living and modified descendants.
Стр. 40 - Climate plays an important part in determining the average numbers of a species, and periodical seasons of extreme cold or drought seem to be the most effective of all checks.