by Ernst Haeckel
Contents
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
GLOSSARY
PREFACE
HAECKEL'S CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL WORLD
THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
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 AMOEBA
Chapter VII. CONCEPTION
Chapter VIII. THE GASTRAEA THEORY
Chapter IX. THE GASTRULATION OF THE VERTEBRATE [20]
Chapter X. THE COELOM 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 [26]
Chapter XV. FOETAL 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
THE EXPULSION FROM THE GARDEN.
THE MURDER OF ABEL.
THE DELUGE.
NOAH CURSING HAM.
THE TOWER OF BABEL.
ABRAHAM ENTERTAINS THREE STRANGERS.
THE DESTRUCTION OF SODOM.
THE EXPULSION OF HAGAR.
HAGAR IN THE WILDERNESS.
