Project Gutenberg 2006-11-27 Public domain in the USA. 69 Romanes, George John 1848 1894 Romanes, G.-J. Romanes, George J. Romanes, G. J. The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution Reading ease score: 40.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Marilynda Fraser-Cunliffe, V. L. Simpson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Scientific Evidences of Organic Evolution" by George John Romanes is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. This work delves into the topic of evolution, providing a digest of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and its implications for understanding the development of life on Earth. The book synthesizes various lines of evidence supporting the idea of organic evolution, positioning itself as an accessible resource for readers interested in the science of biology. In the book, Romanes systematically presents the arguments for evolution through classifications of organisms, morphology, geology, geographical distribution, and embryology. He argues that the similarities in structure and classification among species point to common ancestry, and discusses the fossil record as evidence of gradual changes over time. Geographical distribution illustrates how species adapt to their environments, while embryological stages showcase the commonalities in development across different species. Romanes emphasizes that these lines of evidence come together to suggest that natural selection, rather than intelligent design, plays a central role in the evolution of living organisms, challenging the prevailing beliefs of his time. The book ultimately advocates for the recognition of evolution as a fundamental scientific truth based on a robust body of evidence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Evolution QH Text Biology Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 122737 122752 2024-10-08T15:36:33.678199 2023-09-09T06:11:38.041384 text/html text/html 119185 2006-11-26T23:47:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 41478 2006-11-26T23:47:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 134203 2024-10-08T15:36:40.428182 application/epub+zip 132220 2024-10-08T15:36:37.315158 application/epub+zip 109834 2024-10-08T15:36:36.015184 application/epub+zip 290634 2024-10-08T15:36:42.740151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278187 2024-10-08T15:36:39.580161 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 247313 2022-09-09T11:53:46.375599 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 108553 108432 2024-10-08T15:36:33.293202 2023-09-09T06:11:37.694345 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 108436 2006-11-26T23:47:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 38843 2006-11-26T23:47:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 108438 2006-11-26T23:47:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38818 2006-11-26T23:47:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21779 2024-10-08T15:36:42.871149 application/rdf+xml 17076 2024-10-08T15:36:36.562161 image/jpeg 3751 2024-10-08T15:36:36.286328 image/jpeg 130814 2024-10-08T15:36:33.689210 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia