CONTENTS
CHAPTER I
| PAGE | |
| The Problem of Adaptation | [1] |
| – Structural Adaptations | [1] |
| – Adaptations for the Good of the Species | [19] |
| – Organs of Little Use to the Individual | [22] |
| – Changes in the Organism that are of No Use to the Individual or to the Race | [25] |
| – Comparison with Inorganic Phenomena | [26] |
CHAPTER II
| The Theory of Evolution | [30] |
| – Evidence in Favor of the Transmutation Theory | [32] |
| – – Evidence from Classification and from Comparative Anatomy | [32] |
| – – The Geological Evidence | [39] |
| – – Evidence from Direct Observation and Experiment | [43] |
| – – Modern Criticism of the Theory of Evolution | [44] |
CHAPTER III
| The Theory of Evolution (continued) | [58] |
| – The Evidence from Embryology | [58] |
| – – The Recapitulation Theory | [58] |
| – Conclusions | [84] |
CHAPTER IV
| Darwin’s Theories of Artificial and of Natural Selection | [91] |
| – The Principle of Selection | [91] |
| – Variation and Competition in Nature | [104] |
| – The Theory of Natural Selection | [116] |