THE MEANING OF
EVOLUTION

BY

SAMUEL CHRISTIAN SCHMUCKER, Ph.D.

PROFESSOR OF BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES IN THE
WEST CHESTER STATE NORMAL SCHOOL
WEST CHESTER, PA.

The Chautauqua Press
CHAUTAUQUA, NEW YORK
MCMXIII

Copyright, 1913
By THE MACMILLAN COMPANY

Set up and electrotyped. Published June, 1913

CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
A Foreword[1]
I.Evolution Before Darwin[7]
II.Darwin and Wallace[21]
III.The Underlying Idea[44]
IV.Adaptation for the Individual[87]
V.Adaptation for the Species[125]
VI.Life in the Past[149]
VII.How the Mammals Developed[192]
VIII.The Story of the Horse[220]
IX.Evolution Since Darwin[233]
X.The Future Evolution of Man[249]
XI.Science and the Book[274]
Index[293]
Appendix[299]