The Evolution of Man
by Ernst Haeckel
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Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Glossary
- Preface
- Haeckel’s Classification of the Animal World
- Chapter I. The Fundamental Law of Organic Evolution
- Chapter II. The Older Embryology
- Chapter III. Modern Embryology
- Chapter IV. The Older Phylogeny
- Chapter V. The Modern Science of Evolution
- Chapter VI. The Ovum and the Amœba
- Chapter VII. Conception
- Chapter VIII. The Gastræa Theory
- Chapter IX. The Gastrulation of the Vertebrate
- Chapter X. The Cœlom Theory
- Chapter XI. The Vertebrate Character of Man
- Chapter XII. Embryonic Shield and Germinative Area
- Chapter XIII. Dorsal Body and Ventral Body
- Chapter XIV. The Articulation of the Body
- Chapter XV. Fœtal Membranes and Circulation
- Chapter XVI. Structure of the Lancelet and the Sea-Squirt
- Chapter XVII. Embryology of the Lancelet and the Sea-Squirt
- Chapter XVIII. Duration of the History of Our Stem
- Chapter XIX. Our Protist Ancestors
- Chapter XX. Our Worm-Like Ancestors
- Chapter XXI. Our Fish-Like Ancestors
- Chapter XXII. Our Five-Toed Ancestors
- Chapter XXIII. Our Ape Ancestors
- Chapter XXIV. Evolution of the Nervous System
- Chapter XXV. Evolution of the Sense-Organs
- Chapter XXVI. Evolution of the Organs of Movement
- Chapter XXVII. The Evolution of the Alimentary System
- Chapter XXVIII. Evolution of the Vascular System
- Chapter XXIX. Evolution of the Sexual Organs
- Chapter XXX. Results of Anthropogeny