The Doctrine of Evolution : Its Basis and Its Scope / Henry Edward Crampton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Crampton, Henry Edward, author.

Series:

Columbia University Lectures. the Hewitt Lectures 1906-1907

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Columbia University Press, [1911]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Presents lectures originally delivered in 1906 and 1907 designed to describe the Doctrine of Evolution from its basis in facts of natural history and its scope.

Contents:

Frontmatter

PREFACE

CONTENTS

I. EVOLUTION. THE LIVING ORGANISM AND ITS NATURAL HISTORY

II. THE STRUCTURE AND DEVELOPMENT OF ANIMALS AS EVIDENCE OF EVOLUTION

III. THE EVIDENCE OF FOSSIL REMAINS

IV. EVOLUTION AS A NATURAL PROCESS

V. THE PHYSICAL EVOLUTION OP THE HUMAN SPECIES AND OF HUMAN RACES

VI. THE MENTAL EVOLUTION OP MAN

VII. SOCIAL EVOLUTION AS A BIOLOGICAL PROCESS

VIII. EVOLUTION AND THE HIGHER HUMAN LIFE

INDEX

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

ISBN:

0-231-89323-X

OCLC:

214324893