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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Whence and the Whither of Man
John Mason Tyler
335 pages~6 hr 41 min read32 chapters$4.99
Where did humankind come from, and where is it going? John Tyler traces the long ascent from single cells through worms to complex creatures, reading the evolutionary record for clues to human destiny. A thoughtful, orderly march up the tree of life. Follow the climb from protozoa toward the question of what we are becoming.
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Inside this book
32 chapters
- 1THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF MAN
- 2A BRIEF HISTORY OF HIS ORIGIN AND DEVELOPMENT THROUGH CONFORMITY TO ENVIRONMENT
- 3JOHN M. TYLER
- 4TABLE OF CONTENTS
- 5INTRODUCTION
- 6CHAPTER I
- 7THE PROBLEM: THE MODE OF ITS SOLUTION
- 8CHAPTER II
- 9PROTOZOA TO WORMS: CELLS, TISSUES, AND ORGANS
- 10CHAPTER III
- 11WORMS TO VERTEBRATES: SKELETON AND HEAD
- 12CHAPTER IV
- 13VERTEBRATES: BACKBONE AND BRAIN
- 14CHAPTER V
- 15THE HISTORY OF MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND ITS SEQUENCE OF FUNCTIONS
- 16CHAPTER VI
- 17NATURAL SELECTION AND ENVIRONMENT
- 18CHAPTER VII
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