The Evolution of Man
by Ernst Haeckel
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About this eBook
- Author
- Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919
- Credits
- Produced by Produced by Sue Asscher and Derek Thompson
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Anatomy, Comparative
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 8700
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8700
- Release Date
- August 1, 2005
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.The Evolution of Man — A POPULAR SCIENTIFIC STUDY — by Ernst Haeckel — Contents
- 2.LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 3.GLOSSARY
- 4.PREFACE
- 5.HAECKEL’S CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
- 6.THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
- 7.Chapter I. THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION
- 8.Chapter II. THE OLDER EMBRYOLOGY
- 9.Chapter III. MODERN EMBRYOLOGY
- 10.Chapter IV. THE OLDER PHYLOGENY
- 11.Chapter V. THE MODERN SCIENCE OF EVOLUTION
- 12.Chapter VI. THE OVUM AND THE AMŒBA
- 13.Chapter VII. CONCEPTION
- 14.Chapter VIII. THE GASTRÆA THEORY
- 15.Chapter IX. THE GASTRULATION OF THE VERTEBRATE [20]
- 16.Chapter X. THE CŒLOM THEORY
- 17.Chapter XI. THE VERTEBRATE CHARACTER OF MAN
- 18.Chapter XII. EMBRYONIC SHIELD AND GERMINATIVE AREA
- 19.Chapter XIII. DORSAL BODY AND VENTRAL BODY
- 20.Chapter XIV. THE ARTICULATION OF THE BODY [26]
- 21.Chapter XV. FŒTAL MEMBRANES AND CIRCULATION
- 22.Chapter XVI. STRUCTURE OF THE LANCELET AND THE SEA-SQUIRT
- 23.Chapter XVII. EMBRYOLOGY OF THE LANCELET AND THE SEA-SQUIRT
- 24.Chapter XVIII. DURATION OF THE HISTORY OF OUR STEM
- 25.Chapter XIX. OUR PROTIST ANCESTORS
- 26.Chapter XX. OUR WORM-LIKE ANCESTORS
- 27.Chapter XXI. OUR FISH-LIKE ANCESTORS
- 28.Chapter XXII. OUR FIVE-TOED ANCESTORS
- 29.Chapter XXIII. OUR APE ANCESTORS — SYNOPSIS OF THE CHIEF SECTIONS OF OUR STEM-HISTORY
- 30.Chapter XXIV. EVOLUTION OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
- 31.Chapter XXV. EVOLUTION OF THE SENSE-ORGANS
- 32.Chapter XXVI. EVOLUTION OF THE ORGANS OF MOVEMENT
- 33.Chapter XXVII. THE EVOLUTION OF THE ALIMENTARY SYSTEM
- 34.Chapter XXVIII. EVOLUTION OF THE VASCULAR SYSTEM
- 35.Chapter XXIX. EVOLUTION OF THE SEXUAL ORGANS
- 36.Chapter XXX. RESULTS OF ANTHROPOGENY
- 37.INDEX
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