The History of Creation - Volume I

The History of Creation - Volume I

Ray Lankester, british zoologist (1847-1929)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- MOTTO

-03- AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION

-04- NATURE AND IMPORTANCE OF THE DOCTRINE OF FILIATION

-05- SCIENTIFIC JUSTIFICATION OF THE THEORY OF DESCENT

-06- THE HISTORY OF CREATION ACCORDING TO CUVIER AND AGASSIZ

-07- THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO GOETHE AND OKEN

-08- THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO KANT AND LAMARCK

-09- THEORY OF DEVELOPMENT ACCORDING TO LYELL AND DARWIN

-10- THE THEORY OF SELECTION

-11- TRANSMISSION BY INHERITANCE AND PROPAGATION

-12- LAWS OF TRANSMISSION BY INHERITANCE. ADAPTATION AND NUTRITION

-13- LAWS OF ADAPTATION

-14- NATURAL SELECTION BY THE STRUGGLE FOR EXISTENCE

-15- LAWS OF DEVELOPMENT OF ORGANIC TRIBES AND OF INDIVIDUALS

-16- THEORY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE UNIVERSE AND OF THE EARTH.

-17- MIGRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS

-18- FOOTNOTES