CONTENTS VJ1 



BOOK III 



EVOLUTIONARY IDEAS IN PALAEONTOLOGY 



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INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . 61 



CHAPTER IX 



MELCHIOR NEUMAYR " DIE STAMME DES THIERREICHS " 62-77 



The connection between Zoology and Palaeontology 

 Variation of existing types Series of forms Muta- 

 tions Transitional types The gaps in Palaeontology 



CHAPTER X 



THE EVOLUTION OF THE VERTEBRATES : EDWARD COPE 78-89 



Neo-Lamarckism The variation of genera and families 

 Errors of the embryological method Progressive 

 and regressive evolution The law of increase in 

 size The general lines of the evolution of the Verte- 

 brates. 



CHAPTER XI 



ALBERT GAUDRY : " LES ENCHA!NEMENTS DU MONDE 



ANIMAL" . ... . . . * 90-108 



The concatenations of the animal kingdom and Philo- 

 sophical Palaeontology The progress of the animated 

 world The stages of evolution The methods of 

 functional adaptations Artificial concatenations. 



CHAPTER XII 



KARL VON ZITTEL. THE UNCERTAINTIES AND DECEP- 

 TIONS OF PAL^EONTOLOGICAL EVOLUTION . . . 109-18 



The Handbuch der Palcsontologie A warning, against 

 the exaggerations of Transformism Phylogeny and 

 Ontogeny Dangers of the phylogenic method 

 An appeal to prudence. 



