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accompanied by a certain degree of improvement in 

 the sense of development (evolution) of previously 

 existing points, the new hypotheses were termed 

 ' evolutionary hypotheses/ Brolution, therefore, implies 

 more than change of form. The French scientists, 

 especially palaeontologists, frequently use up to the 

 present the word f transformism ' or ' transformation ' : 

 thus the excellent work of Ok. Beperet (1909) bears 

 the title of ' Les Transformations du Monde Animal/ 

 the German translation ky Wegner tkat of ' Bie 

 Wmbildung der Tierwelt ' (a literal translation). 



t. Questions inched. 



If we wonld now come to a decision regarding the 

 history of organic life, tkem, according t* the above, 

 the f lowing ^mesti^ns must Tie put aid. answered in 

 the give* seji.emce : 



(1) I tkere a general genetic connection between the 



rgaaisHBLS tf t*-4aj and the fossilized ones ? 

 If jes, them we accept without furtker argument 

 a fkauge, a transformation of the organism, since the 

 oli animal aid plait worlds appeared different from 

 the younger and present oies. 



(2) Is this change, this transformation, connected 



with a higher development ? 



This question cannot possibly be decided unless 

 we know what palaeontology teaches us : 



(a) With regard to the succession of definite well- 

 characterized groups (types). 



