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A first book in organic evolution

A first book in organic evolution

by D. Kerfoot Shute

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Author
Shute, D. Kerfoot (Daniel Kerfoot), 1858-1935
Original Publication
Chicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1899.
Credits
Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
Language
English
LoC Class
QH: Science: Natural history
Subject
Evolution
Category
Text
Project Gutenberg
eBook-No. 73834
Release Date
June 15, 2024
Copyright
Public domain in the USA.

Contents

  1. 1.A FIRST BOOK IN ORGANIC EVOLUTION
  2. 2.PREFACE.
  3. 3.CONTENTS.
  4. 4.ILLUSTRATIONS.
  5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
  6. 6.SECTION I. ORGANIC CELLS: THE VISIBLE UNITS OF LIFE.
  7. 7.ORGANIC CELLS: THE VISIBLE UNITS OF LIFE. — CELL REPRODUCTION BY MITOSIS.
  8. 8.SECTION II. HEREDITY WITH VARIATION.
  9. 9.HEREDITY WITH VARIATION. — ENVIRONMENT. — ACQUIRED CHARACTERS.
  10. 10.SECTION III. UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
  11. 11.UNSTABLE ENVIRONMENT.
  12. 12.SECTION IV. TRANSMUTATION OF LIVING FORMS.
  13. 13.TRANSMUTATION OF LIVING FORMS. — TABLE OF STRATIFIED ROCKS AND THE SUCCESSIVE APPEARANCE OF TYPICAL ANIMAL LIFE-FORMS.
  14. 14.SECTION V. NATURAL SELECTION.
  15. 15.NATURAL SELECTION. — ISOLATION OF VARIETIES IN NATURE.
  16. 16.SECTION VI. EVOLUTION OF MAN.
  17. 17.EVOLUTION OF MAN. — USELESS SCAFFOLDING LEFT IN THE BODY. — THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE BRAIN IN PHYLOGENY AND ONTOGENY. — THE BRAIN AND PSYCHIC PHENOMENA. — EVOLUTION AND SOCIAL PROBLEMS.
  18. 18.SECTION VII. CLASSIFICATION OF ANIMALS AND PLANTS. — A SYNOPSIS OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. — SYNOPSIS OF GROUPS. — SYNOPSIS OF THE BRANCHES OF ANIMALS. — GROUP A. PROTOZOA. — GROUP B. METAZOA. — SYNOPSIS OF THE PLANT KINGDOM. — GROUP A. PROTOPHYTA. — GROUP B. METAPHYTA.
  19. 19.SECTION VIII. WORKS OF REFERENCE.
  20. 20.WORKS OF REFERENCE.
  21. 21.SECTION IX. GLOSSARY.
  22. 22.GLOSSARY.
  23. 23.FOOTNOTES.
  24. 24.INDEX.
  25. 25.Important Biological Publications
  26. 26.CATALOGUE OF PUBLICATIONS OF THE OPEN COURT PUBLISHING CO.
  27. 27.The Religion of Science Library.

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