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The Evolution of Man

Ernst Haeckel · Joseph McCabe's translation of the 5th German edition

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This is the book that carried Haeckel's embryo comparisons and the biogenetic law to a wide audience. Both are discussed on the claim card Embryos.

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Author
Ernst Haeckel
Published
1912
Edition
Joseph McCabe's translation of the 5th German edition
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General readers
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Common Descent, Human Origins

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  1. v1-s01Vol. 1, Prefaceabout 2,720 words
  2. v1-s02Vol. 1, Chapter 1.1. The Fundamental Law Of Organic Evolutionabout 6,239 words
  3. v1-s03Vol. 1, Chapter 1.2. The Older Embryologyabout 4,363 words
  4. v1-s04Vol. 1, Chapter 1.3. Modern Embryologyabout 5,957 words
  5. v1-s05Vol. 1, Chapter 1.4. The Older Phylogenyabout 3,950 words
  6. v1-s06Vol. 1, Chapter 1.5. The Modern Science Of Evolutionabout 5,959 words
  7. v1-s07Vol. 1, Chapter 1.6. The Ovum And The Amoebaabout 8,132 words
  8. v1-s08Vol. 1, Chapter 1.7. Conceptionabout 5,245 words
  9. v1-s09Vol. 1, Chapter 1.8. The Gastraea Theoryabout 6,707 words
  10. v1-s10Vol. 1, Chapter 1.9. The Gastrulation Of The Vertebrate.*about 10,193 words
  11. v1-s11Vol. 1, Chapter 1.10. The Coelom Theoryabout 6,678 words
  12. v1-s12Vol. 1, Chapter 1.11. The Vertebrate Character Of Manabout 8,188 words
  13. v1-s13Vol. 1, Chapter 1.12. Embryonic Shield And Germinative Areaabout 5,414 words
  14. v1-s14Vol. 1, Chapter 1.13. Dorsal Body And Ventral Bodyabout 7,000 words
  15. v1-s15Vol. 1, Chapter 1.14. The Articulation Of The Body.*about 6,916 words
  16. v1-s16Vol. 1, Chapter 1.15. Foetal Membranes And Circulationabout 7,585 words
  17. v2-s01Vol. 2, Chapter 2.16. Structure Of The Lancelet And The Sea-Squirtabout 7,014 words
  18. v2-s02Vol. 2, Chapter 2.17. Embryology Of The Lancelet And The Sea-Squirtabout 5,247 words
  19. v2-s03Vol. 2, Chapter 2.18. Duration Of The History Of Our Stemabout 6,816 words
  20. v2-s04Vol. 2, Chapter 2.19. Our Protist Ancestorsabout 6,375 words
  21. v2-s05Vol. 2, Chapter 2.20. Our Worm-Like Ancestorsabout 6,231 words
  22. v2-s06Vol. 2, Chapter 2.21. Our Fish-Like Ancestorsabout 4,639 words
  23. v2-s07Vol. 2, Chapter 2.22. Our Five-Toed Ancestorsabout 7,295 words
  24. v2-s08Vol. 2, Chapter 2.23. Our Ape Ancestorsabout 7,648 words
  25. v2-s09Vol. 2, Chapter 2.24. Evolution Of The Nervous Systemabout 8,877 words
  26. v2-s10Vol. 2, Chapter 2.25. Evolution Of The Sense-Organsabout 7,616 words
  27. v2-s11Vol. 2, Chapter 2.26. Evolution Of The Organs Of Movementabout 7,346 words
  28. v2-s12Vol. 2, Chapter 2.27. The Evolution Of The Alimentary Systemabout 6,515 words
  29. v2-s13Vol. 2, Chapter 2.28. Evolution Of The Vascular Systemabout 12,914 words
  30. v2-s14Vol. 2, Chapter 2.30. Results Of Anthropogenyabout 7,939 words
  31. v2-s15Vol. 2, Appendix vermiformis, theabout 2,923 words

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