The Evolution of Man, vol 1

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THE EVOLUTION OF MAN
A POPULAR SCIENTIFIC STUDY
BY
ERNST HAECKEL
VOLUME 1.
HUMAN EMBRYOLOGY OR ONTOGENY.
TRANSLATED FROM THE FIFTH (ENLARGED) EDITION BY
JOSEPH MCCABE.
[ISSUED FOR THE RATIONALIST PRESS ASSOCIATION,
LIMITED.]

WATTS & CO., 17, JOHNSONS COURT, FLEET STREET,
LONDON, E.C. 1912.

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
GLOSSARY.
TRANSLATOR'S PREFACE.
TABLE: CLASSIFICATION OF THE ANIMAL WORLD.

CHAPTER 1.
1. THE FUNDAMENTAL LAW OF ORGANIC EVOLUTION.

CHAPTER 1.
2. THE OLDER EMBRYOLOGY.

CHAPTER 1.
3. MODERN EMBRYOLOGY.

CHAPTER 1.
4. THE OLDER PHYLOGENY.

CHAPTER 1.
5. THE MODERN SCIENCE OF EVOLUTION.

CHAPTER 1.
6. THE OVUM AND THE AMOEBA.

CHAPTER 1.
7. CONCEPTION.

CHAPTER 1.
8. THE GASTRAEA THEORY.

CHAPTER 1.
9. THE GASTRULATION OF THE VERTEBRATE.

CHAPTER 1.
10. THE COELOM THEORY.

CHAPTER 1.
11. THE VERTEBRATE CHARACTER OF MAN.

CHAPTER 1.
12. THE EMBRYONIC SHIELD AND GERMINATIVE AREA.

CHAPTER 1.
13. DORSAL BODY AND VENTRAL BODY.

CHAPTER 1.
14. THE ARTICULATION OF THE BODY.

CHAPTER 1.
15. FOETAL MEMBRANES AND CIRCULATION.

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
PORTRAIT OF ERNST HAECKEL FROM THE PAINTING BY
FRANZ VON LEUBACH, 1899 (REPRODUCED BY "JUGEND").
FIGURE 1.1. THE HUMAN OVUM.
FIGURE 1.2. STEM-CELL OF AN ECHINODERM.
FIGURE 1.3. THREE EPITHELIAL CELLS.
FIGURE 1.4. FIVE SPINY OR GROOVED CELLS.
FIGURE 1.5. TEN LIVER-CELLS.
FIGURE 1.6. NINE STAR-SHAPED BONE-CELLS.
FIGURE 1.7. ELEVEN STAR-SHAPED CELLS.
FIGURE 1.8. UNFERTILISED OVUM OF AN ECHINODERM.
FIGURE 1.9. A LARGE BRANCHING NERVE-CELL.
FIGURE 1.10. BLOOD-CELLS.
FIGURE 1.11. INDIRECT OR MITOTIC CELL-DIVISION.
FIGURE 1.12. MOBILE CELLS.
FIGURE 1.13. OVA OF VARIOUS ANIMALS.
FIGURE 1.14. THE HUMAN OVUM.
FIGURE 1.15. FERTILISED OVUM OF HEN.
FIGURE 1.16. A CREEPING AMOEBA.
FIGURE 1.17. DIVISION OF AN AMOEBA.

FIGURE 1.18. OVUM OF A SPONGE.
FIGURE 1.19. BLOOD-CELLS, OR PHAGOCYTES.
FIGURE 1.20. SPERMIA OR SPERMATOZOA.
FIGURE 1.21. SPERMATOZOA OF VARIOUS ANIMALS.
FIGURE 1.22. A SINGLE HUMAN SPERMATOZOON.
FIGURE 1.23. FERTILISATION OF THE OVUM.
FIGURE 1.24. IMPREGNATED ECHINODERM OVUM.
FIGURE 1.25. IMPREGNATION OF THE STAR-FISH OVUM.
FIGURES 1.26 AND 1.27. IMPREGNATION OF SEA-URCHIN
OVUM.
FIGURE 1.28. STEM-CELL OF A RABBIT.
FIGURE 1.29. GASTRULATION OF A CORAL.
FIGURE 1.30. GASTRULA OF A GASTRAEAD.
FIGURE 1.31. GASTRULA OF A WORM.
FIGURE 1.32. GASTRULA OF AN ECHINODERM.
FIGURE 1.33. GASTRULA OF AN ARTHROPOD.
FIGURE 1.34. GASTRULA OF A MOLLUSC.
FIGURE 1.35. GASTRULA OF A VERTEBRATE.
FIGURE 1.36. GASTRULA OF A LOWER SPONGE.
FIGURE 1.37. CELLS FROM THE PRIMARY GERMINAL
LAYERS.
FIGURE 1.38. GASTRULATION OF THE AMPHIOXUS.
FIGURE 1.39. GASTRULA OF THE AMPHIOXUS.
FIGURE 1.40. CLEAVAGE OF THE FROG'S OVUM.
FIGURES 1.41 TO 1.44. SECTIONS OF FERTILISED TOAD
OVUM.
FIGURES 1.45 TO 1.48. GASTRULATION OF THE
SALAMANDER.
FIGURE 1.49. SEGMENTATION OF THE LAMPREY.
FIGURE 1.50. GASTRULATION OF THE LAMPREY.
FIGURE 1.51. GASTRULATION OF CERATODUS.
FIGURE 1.52. OVUM OF A DEEP-SEA BONY FISH.
FIGURE 1.53. SEGMENTATION OF A BONY FISH.
FIGURE 1.54. DISCOID GASTRULA OF A BONY FISH.
FIGURES 1.55 AND 1.56. SECTIONS OF BLASTULA OF SHARK.
FIGURE 1.57. DISCOID SEGMENTATION OF BIRD'S OVUM.
FIGURES 1.58 TO 1.61. GASTRULATION OF THE BIRD.

FIGURE 1.62. GERMINAL DISK OF THE LIZARD.
FIGURES 1.63 AND 1.64. GASTRULATION OF THE OPOSSUM.
FIGURES 1.65 TO 1.67. GASTRULATION OF THE OPOSSUM.
FIGURES 1.68 TO 1.71. GASTRULATION OF THE RABBIT.
FIGURE 1.72. GASTRULA OF THE PLACENTAL MAMMAL.
FIGURE 1.73. GASTRULA OF THE RABBIT.
FIGURES 1.74 AND 1.75. DIAGRAM OF THE FOUR
SECONDARY GERMINAL LAYERS.
FIGURES 1.76 AND 1.77. COELOMULA OF SAGITTA.
FIGURE 1.78. SECTION OF YOUNG SAGITTA.
FIGURES 1.79 AND 1.80.