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.

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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]

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