The Doctrine of Descent and DarwinismD. Appleton and Company, 1875 - 334 páginas |
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according adaptation already Ammonites Amphibians animal world apes appearance Ascidian become birds brain carboniferous causes Cetacea character characteristics comparative anatomy complete connection continent Darwin dentition derivation diverge doctrine of Descent Echinoderms embryonic Eocene exhibit existence external facts families fauna fish formation fossil Ganoids Gastrula genera genus geological Goethe grade gradually groups Haeckel heredity higher horse human hypothesis idea individual infer Insectivora intermediate forms islands lancelet language larva larvæ likewise linguistic lower mammals Marsupials Medusa ment merely metamorphosis modifications morphological mutability natural selection observation Oolite organisms origin peculiar pedigree perfect period phase phenomena placenta plants polypes possess present primordial progenitors races relations remains reproduction reptiles resemblance Rütimeyer says scarcely scientific separate sexual Silurian skull species strata structure systematic terrestrial animals Tertiary theory of selection tion transformation transition true Ungulata Ungulates varieties vertebral column Vertebrata vertebrate animals whole
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