| 1860 - 566 pages
...types, — the created apes and monkeys are derivatives. He might have illustrated it as follows : — To give an imaginary example from changes in progress on an island : let the organisation of a wild man feeding chiefly on fruits become slightly plastic ; let corresponding changes... | |
| 1859 - 578 pages
...years, Bakewell effected in cattle, and Western in sheep, by this identical principle of selection ? To give an imaginary example from changes in progress on an island : — let the organization of a cauinc animal which preyed ehiefly on rabbits, but sometimes on hares, become slightly plastic ; let... | |
| 1860 - 894 pages
...types, — the created apes and monkeys are derivatives. He might have illustrated it as follows : — To give an imaginary example from changes in progress on an island : let the organization of a wild man feeding chiefly on fruits become slightly plastic ; let corresponding changes cause the sources... | |
| Richard Owen - 1861 - 490 pages
...which he illustrates in his work " On the origin of Si«cies," by many ingenious suppositions, such as the following: — "To give an imaginary example from...number of hares to increase; the effect of this would he that the fox or dog would be driven to try to catch more hares; his organization, however, being... | |
| Richard Owen - 1861 - 552 pages
...which he illustrates in his work " On the origin of Species," by many ingenious suppositions, such as the following : — "To give an imaginary example...of a canine animal which preyed chiefly on rabbits, bnt sometimes on hares, become slightly plastic ; let these same changes cause the number of rabbits... | |
| Richard Owen - 1868 - 1046 pages
...illustrated in the Paper in which he first communicated his views to the Linnrean Society. It is by ' an imaginary example from changes in progress on an island ' : — ' Let the organisation of a 1 ccxcvm". ii. p. 461. * ccxin". p. 184, Ed. 1. canine animal which preyed chiefly... | |
| Richard Owen - 1868 - 966 pages
...illustrated in the Paper in which he first communicated his views to the Liunsean Society. It is by ' an imaginary example from changes in progress on an island ' : — ' Let the organisation of a 1 ccxcvm". ii. p. 461. * ccxm". p. 184, Ed. 1. 1 This conclusion of the passage is... | |
| William Thomas Greene - 1884 - 540 pages
...which he illustrates in his work On tlw Origin of Species, by many ingenious suppositions, such as the following: — 'To give an imaginary example from...number of hares to increase; the effect of this would bo that the fox, or dog, would be driven to try to catch more hares; his organization, however, being... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1909 - 310 pages
...few years Bakewell effected in cattle and Western in sheep, by this identical principle of selection. To give an imaginary example, from changes in progress on an island, let the organization3 of a canine animal become slightly plastic, which animal Ereyed chiefly on rabbits, but... | |
| Peter J. Bowler - 1993 - 676 pages
...canine animal become slightly plastic, which animal preyed chiefly on rabbits, but sometimes on hares; let these same changes cause the number of rabbits...or dog would be driven to try to catch more hares, and his numbers would tend to decrease; his organization, however, being slightly plastic, those individuals... | |
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