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Nature, Gardens & Animals
The Evolution of Man
Ernst Haeckel
780 pages~15 hr 32 min read40 chapters$4.99
Every human begins as a single cell and, in the womb, seems to echo an ancient ancestry. Ernst Haeckel lays out his sweeping account of human development and descent, from embryology to the long line of our forebears. Bold, controversial, and hugely influential. Trace the human story from cell to civilization with a fearless thinker.
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Inside this book
40 chapters
- 1The Evolution of Man
- 2A POPULAR SCIENTIFIC STUDY
- 3Contents
- 4LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
- 5GLOSSARY
- 6PREFACE
- 7HAECKEL’S CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
- 8THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
- 9Chapter I. THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION
- 10Chapter II. THE OLDER EMBRYOLOGY
- 11Chapter III. MODERN EMBRYOLOGY
- 12Chapter IV. THE OLDER PHYLOGENY
- 13Chapter V. THE MODERN SCIENCE OF EVOLUTION
- 14Chapter VI. THE OVUM AND THE AMŒBA
- 15Chapter VII. CONCEPTION
- 16Chapter VIII. THE GASTRÆA THEORY
- 17Chapter IX. THE GASTRULATION OF THE VERTEBRATE[20]
- 18Chapter X. THE CŒLOM THEORY
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