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" The similar framework of bones in the hand of a man, wing of a bat, fin of the porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at once explain... "
The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species - Page 61
by Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 386 pages
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The Ecclesiastic [afterw.] The Theologian and ecclesiastic ..., Volume 22

1860 - 594 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant — and innumerable other such facts, at...descent with slow and slight successive modifications." —P. 479. That is, man having some features in common with a bat, a horse, and a porpoise, the common...
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Calcutta Review, Volume 35

India - 1860 - 600 pages
...wing, and leg of a bat, though used for such different purj.Bes— in the jaws and legs of a crab— at once explain themselves on the theory of descent with slow and slight modifications : — and on the principle of successive variations, not always supervening at an early...
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection; Or, The Preservation ...

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1861 - 470 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at...similarity of pattern in the wing and leg of a bat, though used for such different purposes, — in the jaws and legs of a crab, — in the petals, stamens,...
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On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection: Or, The Preservation ...

Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1864 - 472 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse, — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at...similarity of pattern in the wing and leg of a bat, though used for such different purposes, — in the jaws and legs of a crab, — in the petals, stamens,...
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The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species

Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 424 pages
...tapirs, or the tapir of the horse, or vice versd, or whether they all sprung from a common progenitor,is not certain. However, this is certain — according...and the petals, stamens, and pistils of a flower, is intelligible on the view of the gradual modifications of parts and organs, which were alike the progenitors...
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The Darwinian Theory of the Transmutation of Species

Robert Mackenzie Beverley - Evolution - 1867 - 598 pages
...habits. We are told that the ' number of the vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and the elephant, at once explain themselves on the theory of descent with slow and slight successive modifications.' This argument is of course applicable to the human form also, and we may therefore add man to the giraffe...
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Scripture and science not at variance; or, The historical character and ...

John Henry Pratt - 1871 - 458 pages
...porpoise, and leg of a horse — the same number of vertebrae forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant — and innumerable other such facts, at...descent with slow and slight successive modifications' (p. 479). But, 'What eaith the Scripture ?' The origin of some of the plants and animals which have...
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The naturalist in Sussex and on the spey

Samuel Wilberforce - 1874 - 406 pages
...porpoise, and leg of the horse, the same number of vertebra; forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, and innumerable other such facts, at once...descent with slow and slight successive modifications.' Such assumptions as these, we once more repeat, are most dishonourable and injurious to science ; and...
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On the origin of species by means of natural selection ; or, The ...

Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 pages
...porpoise, and leg of tho horse, — the same number of vertebra forming the neck of the giraffe and of the elephant, — and innumerable other such facts, at...modifications. The similarity of pattern in the wing and in the leg of a bat, though used for such different purpose, — in the jaws and legs of a crab, —...
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The Problem of Human Life: Embracing the "evolution of Sound" and "evolution ...

Alexander Wilford Hall - Evolution - 1877 - 546 pages
...framework of bones ia the hand of a man, wing of a bat, fin of a porpoise, and leg of a horse, . . . and innumerable other such, facts, at once explain...descent with slow and slight successive modifications." — " In regard to the members of each great kingdom, such as vertebrata, articulata, etc., we have...
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