The Last Link
THE LAST LINK
THE LAST LINK
OUR PRESENT KNOWLEDGE OF THE
DESCENT OF MAN
BY
ERNST HAECKEL
(JENA)
WITH NOTES AND BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
BY
HANS GADOW, F.R.S.
(CAMBRIDGE)
LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1898
CONTENTS
PAGE
THE LAST LINK
- INTRODUCTORY
1
- COMPARATIVE ANATOMY
8
- PALÆONTOLOGY
20
- OTHER EVIDENCE
42
- STAGES RECAPITULATED
47
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES:
- LAMARCK, SAINT-HILAIRE, CUVIER, BAER, MUELLER, VIRCHOW, COPE, KOELLIKER, GEGENBAUR, HAECKEL
80
- THEORY OF CELLS
115
- FACTORS OF EVOLUTION
117
- GEOLOGICAL TIME AND EVOLUTION
135
NOTE
The address I delivered on August 26 at the Fourth International Congress of Zoology at Cambridge, 'On our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man,' has, I find, from the high significance of the theme and the general importance of the questions connected with it, excited much interest, and has led to requests for its publication. Hence this volume, edited by my friend Dr. H. Gadow, my pupil in earlier days, who has not only revised the text, but has also enriched it by many valuable additions and notes.
ERNST HAECKEL.
Jena, December, 1898.
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