The evolution of man de Ernst Haeckel

The evolution of man

Ernst Haeckel

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This book provides a perspective on how life can start and evolve from a simple elemental form. This book will be of interest to those interested in the history and development of evolutionary science.

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Ernst Haeckel (born on February 16, 1834, in Potsdam, Prussia [now Germany]; died Aug. 9, 1919) was a German zoologist, marine biologist, artist, and evolutionist who was a strong proponent of Darwinism and who proposed new notions of the evolutionary descent of human beings. He discovered, described and named thousands of new species, and mapped a genealogical tree relating all life forms.

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List of Illustrations; Glossary; Preface; Translators Preface; Haeckels Classification of the Animal World; The Fundamental Law of Organic Evolution; The Older Embryology; Modern Embryology; The Older Phylogeny; The Modern Science of Evolution; The Ovum and the Amba; Conception; The Gastræa Theory; The Gastrulation of the Vertebrate; The Clom Theory; The Vertebrate Character of Man; Embryonic Shield and Germinative Area; Dorsal Body and Ventral Body; The Articulation of the Body; Ftal Membranes and Circulation; Structure of the Lancelet and the Sea-Squirt; Embryology of the Lancelet and the Sea-Squirt; Duration of the History of Our Stem; Our Protist Ancestors; Our Worm-Like Ancestors; Our Fish-Like Ancestors; Our Five-Toed Ancestors; Our Ape Ancestors; Evolution of the Nervous System; Evolution of the Sense-Organs; Evolution of the Organs of Movement; The Evolution of the Alimentary System; Evolution of the Vascular System; Evolution of the Sexual Organs; Results of Anthropogeny; Index.