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The History of Creation, Vol. 1 (of 2): Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural CausesHaeckel, Ernst

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The History of Creation, Vol. 1 (of 2): Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes

Name: The History of Creation, Vol. 1 (of 2): Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes
Author: Haeckel, Ernst

Haeckel, Ernst

Evolution; Heredity; Human beings -- Origin

History of the Development of the Earth.—Kant’s Theory of
  the Development of the Universe, or the Cosmological Gas
  Theory.—Development of Suns, Planets, and Moons.—First
  Origin of Water.—Comparison of Organisms and
  Anorgana.—Organic and Inorganic Substances.—Degrees of
  Density, or Conditions of Aggregation.—Albuminous
  Combinations of Carbon.—Organic and Inorganic
  Forms.—Crystals and Formless Organisms without
  Organs.Stereometrical Fundamental Forms of Crystals and
  of Organisms.—Organic and Inorganic Forces.—Vital
  Force.—Growth and Adaptation in Crystals and in
  Organisms.—Formative Tendencies of Crystals.—Unity of
  Organic and Inorganic Nature.—Spontaneous Generation, or
  Archigony.—Autogony and Plasmogony.—Origin of Monera by
  Spontaneous Generation.—Origin of Cells from Monera.—The
  Cell Theory.—The Plastid Theory.—Plastids, or
  Structural-Units.—Cytods and Cells.—Four Different Kinds
  of Plastids                                                        316


  CHAPTER XIV.

  MIGRATION AND DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS. CHOROLOGY AND THE
  ICE-PERIOD OF THE EARTH.

  Chorological Facts and Causes.—Origin of most Species in
  one Single Locality.—“Centres of Creation.”—Distribution
  by Migration.—Active and Passive Migrations of Animals
  and Plants.—Means of Transport.—Transport of Germs by
  Water and by Wind.—Continual Change of the Area of
  Distribution by Elevations and Depressions of the
  Ground.—Chorological Importance of Geological
  Processes.—Influence of the Change of Climate.—Ice or
  Glacial Period.—Its Importance to Chorology.—Importance
  of Migrations for the Origin of New Species.—Isolation of
  Colonists.—Wagner’s Law of Migration.—Connection between
  the Theory of Migration and the Theory of
  Selection.—Agreement of its Results with the Theory of
  Descent                                                            350




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


  PLATES.
                                                                    PAGE

  Development of a Calcareous Sponge (Olynthus)           _Frontispiece_

  I.—Life History of a Simplest Organism              _To face page_ 184

  II., III.—Germs or Embryos of Four Vertebrates               ”     306


  FIGURES.

  1.—Propagation of Moneron                                          186

  2.—Propagation of Amœba                                            188

  3.—Egg of Mammal                                                   189

  4.—First Development of Mammal’s Egg                               190

  5.—The Human Egg Enlarged                                          297

  6.—Development of Mammal’s Egg                                     299

  7.—Embryo of a Mammal or Bird                                      304




AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE ENGLISH EDITION.

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The History of Creation, Vol. 1 (of 2): Or the Development of the Earth and its Inhabitants by the Action of Natural Causes

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