Project Gutenberg 2017-02-23 Public domain in the USA. 100 Boeke, Jan 1874 1956 Boeke, J. (Jan) De afstamming van den mensch Naar voordrachten in populair-wetenschappelijken vorm bewerkt Reading ease score: 48.9 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Jeroen Hellingman and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net/ for Project Gutenberg. "De afstamming van den mensch" by Jan Boeke is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. This work explores the evolutionary origins of humanity, attempting to provide a clear overview of the theories and facts surrounding human ancestry without being a dense scientific treatise. Boeke aims to explain the evolutionary processes and the position of humans within the broader context of the natural world and its development. The opening of the book discusses the foundational ideas of evolution, outlining the history of life's development on Earth and emphasizing the gradual changes that have occurred over millions of years. Boeke introduces the concept of geological periods, explaining how these epochs have shaped the flora and fauna, and implies the significance of ice ages in human evolution. He notes how the evolutionary journey involves profound changes in both environment and species, ultimately leading to the emergence of humanity as a part of this extensive process. This section sets the stage for a deeper examination of human ancestry and the fundamental questions surrounding it while acknowledging the complexities and uncertainties inherent in such scientific discussions. (This is an automatically generated summary.) nl Human beings -- Origin QH Text Browsing: Science - General Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution 412456 412270 2025-01-21T13:33:28.084301 2023-09-23T10:32:15.136930 text/html text/html 400089 2017-02-23T13:37:06 text/html; charset=us-ascii 1977486 2017-02-23T13:37:10 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 2076646 2025-01-21T13:33:40.779230 application/epub+zip 2090715 2025-01-21T13:33:32.517302 application/epub+zip 219588 2025-01-21T13:33:29.938306 application/epub+zip 2595870 2025-01-21T13:33:45.803193 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2512703 2025-01-21T13:33:38.546275 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 282035 2022-09-24T17:34:19.959104 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 239483 239361 2024-09-22T12:24:50.455405 2023-09-23T10:32:12.892890 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 239502 2017-02-23T13:37:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 81515 2017-02-23T13:37:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19294 2025-01-21T13:33:45.958201 application/rdf+xml 23287 2025-01-21T13:33:30.087283 image/jpeg 3465 2025-01-21T13:33:30.012280 image/jpeg 1978818 2025-01-21T13:33:28.212320 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