The Evolution of Man — Volume 1

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WATTS & CO., 17, JOHNSONS COURT, FLEET STREET, LONDON, E.C. 1912.
PORTRAIT OF ERNST HAECKEL FROM THE PAINTING BY FRANZ VON LEUBACH, 1899 (REPRODUCED BY JUGEND ).
ACRANIA: animals without skull (cranium).
ANTHROPOGENY: the evolution (genesis) of man (anthropos).
ANTHROPOLOGY: the science of man.
ARCHI-: (in compounds) the first or typical—as, archi-cytula, archi-gastrula, etc.
BIOGENY: the science of the genesis of life (bios).
BLAST-: (in compounds) pertaining to the early embryo (blastos = a bud); hence:— Blastoderm: skin (derma) or enclosing layer of the embryo. Blastosphere: the embryo in the hollow sphere stage. Blastula: same as preceding. Epiblast: the outer layer of the embryo (ectoderm). Hypoblast: the inner layer of the embryo (endoderm).
BRANCHIAL: pertaining to the gills (branchia).
CARYO-: (in compounds) pertaining to the nucleus (caryon); hence:— Caryokineses: the movement of the nucleus. Caryolysis: dissolution of the nucleus. Caryoplasm: the matter of the nucleus.
CENTROLECITHAL: see under LECITH-.