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PART II 



THE ME THOD OF E VOL UTION 



CHAPTER IV 



THE PLACE OF CONSCIOUSNESS IN EVOLUTION 



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i. Professor Cope's Table 50 



2. The Origin of Adaptive Movements and Mental Characters . . 54 



CHAPTER V 



HEREDITY AND INSTINCT (I.) 



i. Romanes on Instinct ......... 61 



2. Instinct and Lamarckism : Co-adaptation ..... 62 



3. Instinct and Lamarckism; " Selective Value " .... 64 



4. Social Transmission and Instinct ....... 65 



5. Instinct and Intelligence 69 



CHAPTER VI 



HEREDITY AND INSTINCT (II.) 



i. Duplicated Functions . 72 



2. Reflexes and Imitation ......... 76 



CHAPTER VII 

 PHYSICAL HEREDITY AND SOCIAL TRANSMISSION 



i. The Transmission of Intelligent Acquisitions 81 



2. Progressive Evolution ......... 84 



3. The Selective Process in Accommodation 85 



CHAPTER VIII 

 A FACTOR IN EVOLUTION: ORGANIC SELECTION 



i. Ontogenic Agencies ......... 91 



2. Effects of Individual Accommodation on Development ... 94 



3. Effects of Individual Accommodation on Evolution ... 96 



4. Tradition ........... 103 



