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Chapter V. Evidences from Morphology (Comparative Anat- 

 omy). George John Romanes 58 



Chapter VI. Evidences from Classification 93 



The Principles of Classification. A. F. Skull 93 



The Method of Classification. Charles Darwin 96 



What Is a Species? 97 



Chapter VII. Evidence from Blood Tests. W. B. Scott . . . 100 



Chapter VIII. Evidences from Embryology 105 



The Facts of Reproduction and Development 105 



Outline of Animal Development. D. S. Jordan and V. L. Kellogg. 106 



Chapter IX. Critique of the Recapitulation Theory. IV. B. Scott 1 14 



Chapter X. Evidences from Palaeontology 124 



Strength and Weakness of the Evidence 124 



Other Opinions as to the Adequacy of the Evidences from Palaeon- 

 tology 125 



What Fossils Are and How They Have Been Preserved . . . 126 



Fossils Classified 126 



On the Conditions Necessary for Fossilization 127 



On the Lapse of Time during Which Evolution Is Believed to Have 



Taken Place 130 



On the Principal General Facts Revealed by a Study of the Fossils 132 



Fossil Pedigrees of Some Well-known Vertebrates 133 



Pedigree of the Horse 133 



Pedigree of the Camels. W. B. Scott 136 



Evolution of the Elephants. A. Franklin Skull 139 



Chapter XI. The Evolution of Man: Palaeontology. Richard 



Swann Lull 144 



Origin of Primates 144 



Origin of Man 145 



Fossil Man 147 



Evidences of Human Antiquity 157 



Future of Humanity 158 



Sinanthropus pekinensis 159 



Chapter XII. Evidences from Geographic Distribution . . . 160 



Principles of Geographic Distribution 160 



Some of the More Significant Facts about the Distribution of Ani- 

 mals 164 



The Fauna of Oceanic Islands. George John Romanes . . . .164 

 The Fauna of Continental Islands — Madagascar and New Zealand. 



A. R. Wallace 173 



