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\pther Opinions as to the Adequacy of the Evidences from Palae- 

 ontology 62 



What Fossils Are and How They Have Been Preserved .... 63 



Fossils Classified 63 



On the Conditions Necessary for Fossilization 64 



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



Taken Place 67 



On the Principal General Facts Revealed by a Study of the Fossils 69 



Fossil Pedigrees of Some Well-known Vertebrates 70 



Pedigree of the Horse 70 



Pedigree of the Camels. W. B. Scott 73 



Evolution of the Elephants. A. Franklin Shull 76 



Chapter VI. The Evolution of Man: Palaeontology. Richard 



Swann Lull 81 



Origin of Primates 81 



Origin of Man 82 



Fossil Man 84 



Evidences of Human Antiquity 94 



Future of Humanity 95 



Chapter VII. Evidences from Geographic Distribution , . 97 

 Some of the More Significant Facts about the Distribution of 



Animals loi 



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



The Fauna of Madagascar and New Zealand. A. R. Wallace . no 



The Distribution of Marsupials. A. R.Wallace in 



The Distribution of Birds. A. R.Wallace *. 112 



Summary of Mammalian Dispersal. Hans Gadow . . . . 114 

 Summary of the Argument for Evolution as Based on Geographic 



Distribution 115 



Chapter VIII. Evidences from Classification 117 



The Principles of Classification. A. F. Shull 117 



The Method of Classification. Charles Darwin 120 



What Is a Species ? 121 



Chapter IX. Evidence from Blood Tests. W.B.Scott . . . 124 



Chapter X. Evidences from Morphology (Comparative Anat- 

 omy). George John Romanes 129 



Chapter XL Evidences from Embryology 164 



The Facts of Reproduction and Development 164 



Outline of Animal Development. D. S. Jordan and V. L. Kellogg . 165 



Chapter XII. Critique of the Recapitulation Theory. W. B. 



Scott 173 



