The foot, judging from the condition of the great toe in the foetus, was then prehensile ; and our progenitors, no doubt, were Arboreal in their habits, frequenting some warm forest clad laud. The males were provided with great canine teeth, which served... The Descent of man - Página 198por Charles Darwin - 1871Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| 1880 - 540 páginas
...pointed and capable of movement, and their bodies were provided with a tail. . . . The foot . . . was prehensile, and our progenitors, no doubt, were arboreal...their habits, frequenting some warm, forest-clad land. . . . At an earlier period the progenitors of man must have been aquatic in their habits." To this... | |
| Irish ecclesiastical record - 1868 - 596 páginas
...capable of movement; and their bodies were provided with a tail having the proper muscles. The foot was prehensile, and our progenitors, no doubt, were arboreal...canine teeth, which served them as formidable weapons." We no *. Molloy's " Geology and Revelation." Second Edition. longer use our teeth as weapons. Indeed,... | |
| 1871 - 488 páginas
...diverticulum or caecum than that now existing. The foot, judging from the condition of the great toe in the foetus, was then prehensile ; and our progenitors,...canine teeth, which served them as formidable weapons." — Vol. i. p. 206. This, it will be seen, is the announcement in the first volume, and the conclusion... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1871 - 468 páginas
...diverticulum or caecum than that now existing. The foot, judging from the condition of the great toe in the foetus, was then prehensile; and our progenitors,...in their habits, frequenting some warm, forest-clad and. The males were provided with great canine teeth, which served them as formidable weapons. At a... | |
| Christian Evidence Society - 1871 - 552 páginas
...and capable of movement; and their bodies were provided with a tail, having the proper muscles. . . . The males were provided with great canine teeth, which served them as formidable weapons. ... At a still earlier period, the progenitors of man must have been aquatic in their habits." And lastly, "... | |
| Charles Darwin - 1871 - 554 páginas
...diverticulum or caecum than that now existing. The foot, judging from the condition of the great toe in the foetus, was then prehensile; and our progenitors, no doubt, were arboreal 1n their habits, frequenting some warm. forest-clad and. The males were provided with great canine... | |
| John R. Leifchild - 1872 - 578 páginas
...condition of the great toe in the fetus, was then prehensile ; and our progenitors were then no doubt arboreal in their habits, frequenting some warm, forest-clad...weapons. " At a much earlier period the uterus was double ; and the eye was protected by a third eyelid or nictitating membrane. At a still earlier period the... | |
| William Penman Lyon - 1872 - 178 páginas
...capable of movement ; and their bodies were provided with a tail, having the proper muscles. . . . The males were provided with great canine teeth, which served them as formidable weapons." (Vol. i. pp. 206, 207.) But this is not all, my Lord. Mr. Darwin further affirms that my most ancient... | |
| William Penman Lyon - 1872 - 202 páginas
...capable of movement ; and their bodies were provided with a tail, having the proper muscles. . . . The males were provided with great canine teeth, which served them as formidable weapons." (Vol. i. pp. 206, 207.) But this is not all, my Lord. Mr. Darwin further affirms that my most ancient... | |
| American Philosophical Society - 1873 - 662 páginas
...are normally present in the quadrumana." * * "The foot, judging from the condition of the great toe in the foetus, was then prehensile ; and our progenitors,...were Arboreal in their habits, frequenting some warm forest clad laud. The males were provided with great canine teeth, which served them as formidable... | |
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