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Evolution of Today; A Summary of the Theory of Evolution as Held by Scientists at the Present Time, and an Account of the Progress Made by the Discussions and Investigations of a Quarter of a Century

Evolution of Today; A Summary of the Theory of Evolution as Held by Scientists at the Present Time, and an Account of the Progress Made by the Discussions and Investigations of a Quarter of a Century


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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER II. THE CLASSIFICATION OF THE ORGANIC WORLD. The Existence and Significance of a Classification. A CERTAIN writer who disbelieved in the theory of evolution once asked Prof. Huxley where he could find the strongest arguments in its favor, which he acknowledged he desired for the sake of publicly refuting them. Prof. Huxley advised him to take a course of study in comparative anatomy. The man was naturally somewhat angry at this unexpected piece of advice and of course did not follow it. But Prof. Huxley knew whereof he was speaking, and his advice was full of wisdom which no one can appreciate who has not gained experience by following it, and making a careful study of the animal kingdom. The strongest arguments which are found in favor of the theory of descent, and frequently too, many of the most significant difficulties, come from the innumerable little points which familiarity with animals brings under one's observation; too many to introduce into any discussion for the sake of argument, too minute, most of them, to seem worth publication, but all together forming a complete whole whose weight is very great. It is almost hopeless to attempt to give to any one not acquainted with the subject, any thing like a complete understanding of even the general bearings of the question. It is useless to try to give instances, because they are significant only from their abundance. To show how many features man has in common with the lower animals; to show how the abnormalities of his body are readily explained by reference to other vertebrates; to mention the fact that the human embryo possesses gill slits at the side of the neck like those of the fish, and has a similar distribution of blood-vessels; to show that the highly developed mouth parts of the crab are si...


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  • ISBN-13: 9780217714921
  • Publisher: General Books
  • Publisher Imprint: General Books
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 86
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0217714927
  • Publisher Date: 05 Feb 2012
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 168 gr

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