 I formerly entertained, namely, that each species has been independently created, is erroneous. I am fully convinced that species are not immutable; but that those belonging to what are called the same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally...  The North British review - Page 4591860Full view - About this book
 | Neal J. Cohen, Howard Eichenbaum - Medical - 1993 - 1182 pages
...placed in a most conspicuous position—namely, at the close of the Introduction—the following words: 'I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification.' This has been of no avail. Great is the power of misrepresentation" (p. 395). 27. For a useful review,... | |
 | Harold Willard Clark - Religion - 1995 - 556 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the sane manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species" (12). Here v/e see a man having the courage of his convictions, exaggerated as they proved to be, to... | |
 | Cyril Ponnamperuma, Julian Chela-Flores - Science - 1995 - 404 pages
...MOLECULES In the concluding paragraph to the introduction of "The Origin of Species", Darwin foresaw that "Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification" [77]. For this reason it is particularly fruitful to extrapolate his ideas, not only into more general... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Reference - 1996 - 382 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are...the main but not exclusive means of modification. THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE Before entering on the subject of this chapter, I must make a few preliminary... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1998 - 486 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are...Furthermore, I am convinced that Natural Selection has been die main but not exclusive means of modification. CHAPTER I VARIATION UNDER DOMESTICATION Causes of... | |
 | Hugh LaFollette, Niall Shanks - Medical - 1996 - 300 pages
...placed in a most conspicuous position - namely, at the close of the introduction - the following words: "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification." This has been to no avail. Great is the power of misrepresentation... | |
 | Antony Flew - Social Science - 180 pages
...same genera are lineal descendants of some other and generally extinct species, in the same manner as the acknowledged varieties of any one species are the descendants of that species ... I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification'... | |
 | Gary Cziko - Psychology - 1997 - 404 pages
...Lamarck. As he stated in the first edition of the Origin and repeatedly emphasized in later editions, "I am convinced that natural selection has been the main but not the exclusive means of modification."4 We will see later that he also did not reject a providential... | |
 | Colin Patterson - Science - 1999 - 182 pages
...metaphysical research programme? Darwin ended his Introduction to The Origin of Species with the words 'I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification' (in the Fifth Edition (1869) he altered this to ' ... has been the most important, but not the exclusive... | |
 | C. Loring Brace - Science - 2000 - 414 pages
...(1963) Prologue At the end of the Introduction to his Origin of Species, Charles Darwin had written "I am convinced that Natural Selection has been the main but not exclusive means of modification" (1859:6). Those words remained through all six editions of his book, and his defense of that mechanism... | |
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