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Tyler, John Mason, 1851-1929

"A Brief History of His Origin and Development through Conformity to Environment; Being the Morse Lectures of 1895"

By Rev. A.M.
Fairbairn, D.D. 8vo, $2.50
1894--THE RELIGIONS OF JAPAN. By Rev.
William Elliot Griffis, D.D.
12mo, $2.00.
1895--THE WHENCE AND THE WHITHER OF
MAN. By Professor John M. Tyler.
12mo, $1.75.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTION

CHAPTER I
THE PROBLEM: THE MODE OF ITS SOLUTION
The question.--The two theories of man's origin.--The argument
purely historical.--Means of tracing man's ancestry and
history.--Classification.--Ontogenesis and Phylogenesis.

CHAPTER II
PROTOZOA TO WORMS: CELLS, TISSUES, AND ORGANS
Amoeba: Its anatomy and physiology.--Development of the
cell.--Hydra: The development of digestive and reproductive organs,
and of tissues.--Forms intermediate between amoeba and hydra:
Magosphaera, volvox.--Embryonic development.--Turbellaria: Appearance
of a body wall, of ganglion, and nerve-cords.

CHAPTER III
WORMS TO VERTEBRATES: SKELETON AND HEAD
Worms and the development of organs.--Mollusks: The external
protective skeleton leads to degeneration or stagnation.--Annelids
and arthropods: The external locomotive skeleton leads
to temporary rapid advance, but fails of the goal.--Its
disadvantages.--Vertebrates: The internal locomotive skeleton leads
to backbone and brain.--Reasons for their dominance.


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