The Story of Creation: A Plain Account of EvolutionLongmans, Green, 1888 - 242 páginas |
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... Flowering B. Animals . I. Protozoa 2. Cœlenterata 3. Echinodermata 4. Annulosa 5. Mollusca 6. Vertebrata PAGE I 7 7 12 13 13 18 21 25 29 33 43 50 57 65 66 76 77 80 91 92 98 103 104 III 118 PART II - EXPLANATORY . CHAPTER PAGE VI . THE.
... Flowering B. Animals . I. Protozoa 2. Cœlenterata 3. Echinodermata 4. Annulosa 5. Mollusca 6. Vertebrata PAGE I 7 7 12 13 13 18 21 25 29 33 43 50 57 65 66 76 77 80 91 92 98 103 104 III 118 PART II - EXPLANATORY . CHAPTER PAGE VI . THE.
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... FLOWER • 31. FERTILISATION OF PLANT 32. CYCAD OR PALM - FERN . 33. FERTILISATION OF FLOWER BY INSECT 34. TRANSITION FROM STAMENS TO PETALS IN WHITE LILY 35. MONERA PAGE 42 45 46 46 47 49 49 52 54 56 58 59 60 69 74 74 75 80 81 82 86 87 ...
... FLOWER • 31. FERTILISATION OF PLANT 32. CYCAD OR PALM - FERN . 33. FERTILISATION OF FLOWER BY INSECT 34. TRANSITION FROM STAMENS TO PETALS IN WHITE LILY 35. MONERA PAGE 42 45 46 46 47 49 49 52 54 56 58 59 60 69 74 74 75 80 81 82 86 87 ...
Página xvi
... flowers ; Like the inclination of infants towards their mothers , Which know not the cause of their inclination to the breast . Again , the great Creator , as you know , Drew man out of the animal into the human state . Thus man passed ...
... flowers ; Like the inclination of infants towards their mothers , Which know not the cause of their inclination to the breast . Again , the great Creator , as you know , Drew man out of the animal into the human state . Thus man passed ...
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... flowers , and fruit . The sponge , rooted plant - like to the rock , is lower than the coral or the star - fish ; these , again , than crabs or shell- fish , the most highly organised of which are lower THE PAST LIFE - HISTORY OF THE ...
... flowers , and fruit . The sponge , rooted plant - like to the rock , is lower than the coral or the star - fish ; these , again , than crabs or shell- fish , the most highly organised of which are lower THE PAST LIFE - HISTORY OF THE ...
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... flowers , both regulated by the amount of light , apparently acting on them as it acts on our nervous system ; in the detection of subtile differences in light which escape the human eye , by plants ; in the higher range of sensation ...
... flowers , both regulated by the amount of light , apparently acting on them as it acts on our nervous system ; in the detection of subtile differences in light which escape the human eye , by plants ; in the higher range of sensation ...
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