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

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

Name: The History of Creation, Vol. 2 (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

Age of the Human Race.—Causes of its Origin.—The Origin of
  Human Language.—Monophyletic or Single, Polyphyletic or
  Multiple Origin of the Human Race.—Derivation of Man from many
  Pairs.—Classification of the Human Races.—System of Twelve
  Species of Men.—Woolly-Haired Men, or Ulotrichis.—Bushy-Haired
  (Papuans, Hottentots).—Fleecy-haired (Caffres,
  Negroes).—Straight-haired Men, or Lissotrichi.—Stiff-haired
  (Australians, Malays, Mongols, Arctic, and American
  Tribes).—Curly-haired (Dravidas, Nubians, Midlanders).—Number
  of Population.—Primæval Home of Man (South Asia, or
  Lemuria).—Nature of Primæval Men.—Number of Primæval Languages
  (Monoglottists and Polyglottists).—Divergence and Migration of
  the Human Race.—Geographical Distribution of the Human Species     296


  CHAPTER XXIV.

  OBJECTIONS AGAINST, AND PROOFS OF THE TRUTH OF, THE THEORY OF
  DESCENT.

  Objections to the Doctrine of Filiation.—Objections of Faith
  and Reason.—Immeasurable Length of the Geological
  Periods.—Transition Forms between Kindred Species.—Dependence
  of Stability of Form on Inheritance, and of the Variability of
  Form on Adaptation.—Origin of very Complicated Arrangement of
  Organisation.—Gradual Development of Instincts and Mental
  Activities.—Origin of à priori Knowledge from Knowledge a
  posteriori.—The Knowledge requisite for the Correct
  Understanding of the Doctrine of Filiation.—Necessary
  Interaction between Empiricism and Philosophy.—Proofs of the
  Theory of Descent.—Inner Causal-Connection between all the
  Biological Series of Phenomena.—The Direct Proof of the Theory
  of Selection.—Relation of the Theory of Descent to
  Anthropology.—Proofs of the Animal Origin of Man.—The Pithecoid
  Theory as an Inseparable Part of the Theory of
  Descent.—Induction and Deduction.—Gradual Development of the
  Human Mind.—Body and Mind.—Human Soul and Animal Soul.—A Glance
  at the Future                                                      334


  LIST OF WORKS REFERRED TO IN THE TEXT                              371

  APPENDIX (Explanation of the Plates)                               379

  INDEX                                                              402




LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.


PLATES.

    XV.—Hypothetical Sketch of the Monophyletic Origin
          of Man                                          _Frontispiece_

    IV.—Hand of Nine different Mammals                 _To face page_ 34

     V.—Single-Stemmed, or Monophyletic, Pedigree of the
          Vegetable Kingdom                                    ”     112

    VI.—Historical Growth of the Six Great Stems of Animals    ”     122

   VII.—Animal Plants, or Zoophytes                            ”     140

  VIII.—Star Fishes—First Generation              _Between pp._ 170, 171

    IX.—Star Fishes—Second Generation                   ”        ”    ”

     X.—Nauplius-Youth-Form of Six Crab Fish            ”       174, 175

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