FROM THE 

 GREEKS TO DARWIN 



THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE EVOLUTION 

 IDEA THROUGH TWENTY-FOUR CENTURIES 



BY 



HENRY FAIRFIELD OSBORN 



A.B.. SC.D., PRINCETON: HON. LL.D.. TBINITT, PRINCETON. COLOMBIA UWIO.; 



HON. BCD.. CAMBRIDGE; HON. D.SC. YALE. OXPORD. HEW YORK. 



HON. PH.D., CHRISTIANIA (OSl6); FOB. MEMB. BOYAL SOCIBTT 



RE3E.^BCH PROFEaSOB OF ZOOLOGY. COLUMBIA DNIVKB8ITT 



8ENIOB GEOLOGIST, UNITED STATES GEOLOGICAL BUBVEY 



PRESIDENT AND CUBATCB, AMERICAS MUSEUM OF HATUBAL HtSTOBT 



SECOND EDITION 



BBVISED AND EXTENDED TO EMBRACE RECENT 8CH0LAB8HIP 



CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS 



NEW YORK ' LONDON 



1929 



