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Page v
... modification , and that the existing forms of life have descended by true gen- eration from pre - existing forms . Passing over authors of the classical period , and likewise Demaillet and Buffon , with whose writings I am not familiar ...
... modification , and that the existing forms of life have descended by true gen- eration from pre - existing forms . Passing over authors of the classical period , and likewise Demaillet and Buffon , with whose writings I am not familiar ...
Page vii
... modification of species : he seems to me to lean towards the side of change . The Vestiges of Creation appeared in ... modify organic structures in accordance with external circumstances , as food , the nature of the habitat and the ...
... modification of species : he seems to me to lean towards the side of change . The Vestiges of Creation appeared in ... modify organic structures in accordance with external circumstances , as food , the nature of the habitat and the ...
Page viii
... modification , than that they have been separately created : the author first promul- gated this opinion in 1831 . M. Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire , in his Lectures de- livered in 1850 ( of which a Résumé appeared in the Re- vue et ...
... modification , than that they have been separately created : the author first promul- gated this opinion in 1831 . M. Isidore Geoffroy Saint Hilaire , in his Lectures de- livered in 1850 ( of which a Résumé appeared in the Re- vue et ...
Page ix
... modification to the change of circumstances . The author ( 1855 ) has treated Psychology on the principle of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and ca- pacity by gradation . In 1852 ( Revue Horticole , p . 102 ) , M. Naudin ...
... modification to the change of circumstances . The author ( 1855 ) has treated Psychology on the principle of the necessary acquirement of each mental power and ca- pacity by gradation . In 1852 ( Revue Horticole , p . 102 ) , M. Naudin ...
Page x
... modification of pre - existing species , a hypothesis which , though un- proven , and sadly damaged by some of its supporters , is yet the only one to which physiology lends any counte- nance - their existence would seem to show that ...
... modification of pre - existing species , a hypothesis which , though un- proven , and sadly damaged by some of its supporters , is yet the only one to which physiology lends any counte- nance - their existence would seem to show that ...
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accumulated adapted affinities allied species America amount ancient animals appear become bees believe birds breeds cause cells characters cirripedes climate closely allied colour continuous crossed crustaceans degree difficulty distinct species divergence domestic doubt embryo endemic Europe existing exterminated extinct extremely facts favourable fertility flowers formations forms fossil Gärtner genera genus geological geological period Glacial period gradations greater number groups of species habits Hence hermaphrodites hybrids hybrids produced important individuals inhabitants inherited insects instance instincts intercrossing intermediate land larvæ laws less living look male mammals manner migration modification modified descendants natural selection naturalists nearly nest offspring organic organisation perfect pigeons pistil plants pollen present principle probably produced progenitor ranked reciprocal crosses remarked resemble rudimentary seeds sexual selection Silurian slight South America sterility structure struggle successive suppose swimbladder tend theory tion trees variability variation varieties vary whole widely