The Evolution of Man, Vol. 1: A Popular Scientific Study; Human Embryology or Ontogeny (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

Haeckel, Ernst

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ISBN 10: 1333276818 ISBN 13: 9781333276812

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from The Evolution of Man, Vol. 1: A Popular Scientific Study; Human Embryology or Ontogeny

When the first edition of this work appeared in 1874, and the third edition followed three years afterwards, the circum stances of biology were very different from what they are to-day. It is true that the struggle for the recognition of the great truths of science, which Darwin had initiated by the publication of his epoch-making work in 1859, had already been decided in his favour on the main issue. But the most important consequence of the new evolutionary doctrine (now firmly established for the first time through his theory of selection) - that is to say, its application to man - still met with the most spirited and widespread opposition.

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Excerpt from The Evolution of Man, Vol. 1: A Popular Scientific Study; Human Embryology or Ontogeny

The brilliant progress that comparative embryology has made during the last few decades is often attributed to extrinsic considerations - to the great number of fresh workers in this field of research, and to the improvement in the technical methods of investigation and the instruments used in the study. Certainly we must not fail to appreciate these advantages, especially the improvement of the micro scope and microtome; but the chief cause of progress has been the application of phylogenetic methods. It is to this we owe that immense enlargement of our intellectual horizon which enables us to regard the whole story of organic life, from the earliest beginning to the present day, as a vast mechanical process. It is reserved for phylogeny to reduce the constructive forces of the animal body to the general forces or life-tendencies of the universe. No sooner does the science of the evolution of species shed its light on the dark puzzles of embryology than the true laws of develop ment take definite shape.

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This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1333276818
• ISBN 13: 9781333276812
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 466
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