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A series of eight lectures outlines the principles and evidence for organic evolution, starting with definitions and characteristics of living organisms, examining anatomical development and embryology, fossil records, and mechanisms of evolutionary change. It then applies evolutionary analysis to human origins, mental capacities, and social institutions, and finally considers ethical and religious ideas as natural phenomena subject to classification. Emphasis is on concise, accessible presentation of well-established facts for a cultivated nontechnical audience.

Insects, butterflies, beetles, bees, grasshoppers, spiders, scorpions, 49;
  66;
  eggs of common house-fly, 67; 82;
  nervous mechanism of, 205;
  communities of, 207, 258-260, 267;
  nervous system of, 256, 257.

Instinct, determined by heredity, 206; of higher animals, 208; differs from intelligence in degree, 210.

Intelligence, 203; in mental life of communal insects, 207.

Invertebrates, lower animals devoid of backbone, 47; structural plan, 48; branches of, 49; groups, two layer animals, 50; hydra, sea-anemones, soft-polyps, 50; more complicated, 68; palæontological materials, 82; evolution of lowest members, 92.

Jaguar, 101.

Jastrow, 294.

Java, 173.

Jellyfish, 81.

Jordan, David Starr, 123.

Kangaroo, 42.

Keane, 185.

Lamarck, 115, 133, 135.

Lampreys, 156.

Language, most important single possession of mankind, 218.

Laplace, 29.

Larvæ, of lobster, 66; of insects, 67; of ground wasp, 207; of caterpillar, 259; of wasps, 260.

Lavoisier, 29.

Law of Recapitulation, 66; stated by Von Baer and Haeckel, 71.

Lemurs, 158, 160, 161, 195.

Life, what is it? 27.

Limestone, 89, 90.

Links, 99.

Linnæus, 79, 158, 183.

Lions, 101; environment of, 112.

Lizard, nearest form to remote ancestor, 45.

Lobsters, 66; larvæ of, 66.

Lyell, 80, 107, 135, 136.

MacDougal, 148.

Madagascar, 161.

Mallock, 295.

Malthus, 136.

Mammalia,
  lower orders of, 42;
  their own mode of growing up, 64;
  embryos of, 64; 97;
  members of class differ, 157, 158; 200;
  order of mentality, 203.

Mammals, 40, 43, 157;
  embryo of, 171.

Mammoth, 97.

Marmosets, 161.

Marquesas, 103.

Marsupials, 104.

Mastodon, 97.

Mechanism, organic, 14; living, 110.

Melanesia, 103.

Mendel, Gregor, 145; his law, 146; 147, 148.

Mentality, human, 233.

Metazoa, 254.

Mice, 41, 134; field, 139.

Miller, 293.

Mind,
  anatomy of, 202;
  human, differs only in degree, 203; 210, 211;
  embryology of, 214;
  palæontology of, 217;
  and matter inseparable, 234-237.

Missing links, 77.

Moeritherium, a significant fossil, 97.

Molecule, protein, 22, 23, 24.

Mollusks, 81, 82; connecting widely separated ages, 95.

Monkeys, 158.

Morgan, Lloyd, 148.

Morphology, 32.

Moths, 67.

Müller, 293.

Mutation theory, 146.

Naegeli, 143, 148.

Natural Selection, doctrine of, 116, 117, 118; the struggle for existence, 124, 125; simply trial and error, 131; Darwin recognized it as incomplete, 142; germ-plasm theory supplements, 145.

Nebula, gaseous, 84.

Nervous systems, 201, 202, 205, 206, 211; of worker-bee, 232.

Niagara, 85, 86, 89.

Ontogeny, recapitulates phylogeny, 63.

Orang-outang, 163, 164.

Orders, 32.

Organic, 15;
  systems, 17;
  transformation, analogies of, 43,
  a real and natural process, 55, 56, 76;
  mechanism, alteration of, 55.

Organisms,
  living, 14;
  analysis of, 16; 17, 18, 19, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32;
  characteristic early stages, 55;
  are they adapted by circumstances? 109;
  environment, 111;
  physical heritage of, 113;
  variation of, 119;
  difference, 121;
  universal conflict of, 127;
  change, 130;
  human, 32, 156, 159, 165-171;
  nervous system of, 201;
  psychical characteristics of, 202;
  many-celled, 257.

Organs, 16, 17, 28;
  of human body, 156.

Origin of Species, 136, 149.

Origination of new parts, 109.

Osborn, 148.

Ostrich, 44.

Over production, 122-124, 129.

Owls, horned, of Arizona, 45; 139.

Palæontology, 32, 34, 73, 74, 76; evidence of, not complete, 80, 81; table of facts of, 91; 94; second division of evidence, 95; does it throw light on antiquity of man? 155; of mind, 202, 203, 217.

Paludina, 95.

Partulæ, 103.

Pearson, Karl, 6, 7, 142, 147; heredity of mental qualities, 232.

Penguin, a counterpart of the seal, 44.

Peoples,
  fusion of, 178, 179;
  Mexicans, 178, 181;
  Anglo-Saxon, 179;
  American, 179;
  Indians, 181, 183, 185, 191, 192;
  Patagonian, 180, 192;
  Polynesian, 181, 182, 187;
  Moor, 181;
  Zulu, 181, 183;
  Malay, 181, 183, 190;
  Mongolian, 181, 186-190;
  Papuan, 182;
  Negro, African, Ethiopian, 182, 183, 192-195;
  Caucasian, 182, 185-189, 195;
  Veddahs, 182, 188;
  European, 183;
  Asiatic, 183;
  Laplander, 183, 190;
  Scandinavian types,
    Norwegians, Swedes, Danes, Germans—north and south—186, 187;
  types of, 186-196;
  Persians, 186,
    eastern, 187;
  Afghans, Hindus, 186;
  Welsh, French, Swiss, 187;
  Russians, 187-190;
  Poles, Armenians, 187;
  Mediterranean type,
    Spaniard, Italian, Greek, Arab, 187;
  subordinate group,
    Semitic, Arab, Hebrew, 187;
    North African, Berber, Hamites, 187;
  relatives of the Mediterranean,
    Dravidas, Todas, Veddahs, Ainus, 188;
    Manchurian, Chukchi, Buryats, Yukaghir, 189;
    Finlander, Bulgar, Magyar, Korean, Japanese, Gurkhas, Burmans, Annams,
      Cochin Chinese, Tagals, Bisayans, Hovars, 190;
    Pueblos, Eskimos, Aztecs, Mayas, Caribs, 191;
    Yahgan, Alacaluf, 191;
    Papuan, Australian, 193;
  Negrito section,
    Adamans, Kalangs, Sakais Ætas, Bushmen, Hottentots, Akkas, 194.

Periods,
  Triassic, Jurassic, 94;
  Eocene, Miocene, 96.

Phenacodus, 96.

Phyla, 32.

Phylogeny, 63.

Pictography, 223-226; of Eskimos, of American Indians, 223, 224; of Asia, 224; of Egypt, 224, 225.

Pig, 42, 157.

Pithecanthropus, 174.

Plesiosaurus, 94.

Polynesia, 103, 104.

Pouched animals, kangaroo, opossums, 42.

Primates, name given by Linnæus, 158; eutheria, 158, 159; order of, 160; anthropoids, 161; arrangement of organs, 201.

Processes, psychological, of higher animals, 208, 209.

Prosimii, 160.

Proteins, 22, 23, 24.

Protoplasm, 22-30; the physical basis of life, 143; 144; human, 156; chemicals that make up, 156.

Protozoa, 52, 53, 68, 70; relations of, 126.

Protozoön, 251.

Psychology, comparative, 198; principle of, 199; descriptive, genetic, 202; terms of, 203; human, 210, 211.

Pseudopodia, 52.

Puma, 101.

Pupa, 259.

Pygmy, 195, 196, 227.

Rabbits, 41, 101;
  domesticated, 137;
 introduced into Australia, 140.

Races, human,
  age of, 178;
  divisions of, 183-195;
  character of:
    status, variations of, 180, 181;
    color, a criterion of racial relationship, 181, 184;
    hair, character of, as means of classification, 181, 182;
    cranium, shape of, as means of identification, nose, jaws, 182.

Racoon, 38.

Rats, 41, 134.

Reason, 203;
  in mental life of communal insects, 207.

Religions, 288;
  Christian, Hebrew, Buddhistic, Tangaroan, 289, 290;
  Mohammedan, 290, 298;
  Dervish, Mahdist, 293;
  linguistic basis of, 293, 294;
  of savagery, 294, 300, 301;
  barbarism, civilization, 294;
  elements of, 295;
  forms of Christianity, 296;
  sects,
    Judaism, 297, 298;
    Brahmanism, Buddhism, 298, 299;
    Polytheism, Roman, 300.

Reptiles, variations about a central theme, 45; lizard, typical, 46; 157; embryos of, 171; 200.

Retention of better invention, 109.

Rhinoceros, 41.

Rivers,
  Mississippi, 86, 89;
  Hoang-ho, Ganges, Thames, 87;
  alterations made by, 87.

Rocks, crystalline or plutonic: sedimentary, 85; eruptive, 88; new, 59; of Grand Cañon, 90; testimony of, establishes evolution, 100.

Salamanders, 45, 46.

Salts, of sodium, chlorine, magnesium, potassium, 24.

Samoan Islands, 103.

Sandstone, 90.

Science, what is it? 5, 6; physiological, 14.

Sea anemones, 68.

Sea elephant, 38.

Seals, 38, 39, 40, 209.

Selection,
  natural, doctrine of, 116, 117, 118;
  struggle for existence, 124, 125;
  simply trial and error, 131, 136,
  artificial, 136, 137, 138;
  laws of, in mental phenomena, 203.

Sequence, physiological, in training animals, 209; 210.

Series,
  sedimentary, 84, 90, 92;
  crystalline or plutonic, 85;
  Azoic or Archæan, age of, 92.

Shale, 89.

Shark,
  common, most fundamental form, 46;
  embryo of, hammerhead;
  embryos of, 66.

Sheep, 157.

Simiidæ, 160, 163.

Skate, embryos of, 66.

Snails, 45; shells of, 95; land snails, 103; Hawaiian and Polynesian, 104.

Society Islands, 103.

Solar system, origin of, 84.

Solomon Islands, 103.

Species, origin of human, 153.

Spencer, Herbert, 8.

Squirrels,
  evolved from terrestrial rodents, 14; 41;
  flying, true rodents, 41.

Starch, 24.

Stephenson, 10.

Strata, 88, 89;
  arranged according to ages, 89; 90;
  time of formation, 92.

Struggle for existence, 124;
  intra-specific, 125;
  three divisions of, 126-129; 139, 174, 175.

Substances, inorganic, 29.

Sugar, 23, 24.

Survival of the fittest, 129.

Systems,
  respiratory, excretory, circulatory, 17;
  organic, reproductive, 18;
  nervous, 256, 257;
  blood-vascular, respiratory and excretory, 257;
  ethical, 286;
  religious, 288.

Tadpole, 58, 59, 60;
  larvæ, 64.

Tapeworm, a relative of simple worms, 50; 123.

Tapir, 41;
  Moeritherium, 97.

Thorndike, 209;
  heredity of mental qualities, 232.

Tidal waves, 85.

Tigers, 101.

Tirawa, 301.

Tissue-cells, 28.

Torga, 183.

Tortoise, soft shelled, of the Mississippi, 45.

Tower, 148.

Transformation, natural, 170.

Tribes, 32.

Tuberculosis, bacillus of, 127.

Turtles, evolution of, 45.

Ungulates, 65.

Uniformitarianism, Lyell's doctrine, 80.

Urea, 29.

Ussher, Archbishop, 178.

Variation, 110; causes of, 111; among individuals, 112, 113; fact of difference, phenomenon of, 114; 115, 118, 119, 121, 129; congenital, 138; human, 174; racial, 177; laws of, in mental phenomena, 203; 232.

Vertebrata, 43.

Vertebrates,
  backboned animals, fishes the lowest order of, 46;
  principles of relationship, families, tribes, 47; 53-59;
  great classes originate together, 64;
  more complicated, 68;
  skeleton remains of, succeed invertebrates, 92;
  testimony of the rocks, 93;
  largest, 94;
  appearance of great classes of, 94; 95;
  classes that make up, 156;
  lower, arrangement of organs, 201;
  nervous system of, 256, 257.

Volcanoes, 88.

Volvox, 252, 254, 259, 265.

Von Baer, law of recapitulation, 71.

Vorticella, 251, 252, 265.

Wagner, 100.

Wallace, Alfred Russel, 117, 100.

Walruses, 38.

Wasps, ground, 207; organizations, of digger, 260; 261.

Weismann, 71, 72; proved nuclei of egg contains, essential factors, 71, 145, 148.

Weisner, 143.

Whales, 40.

Wilson, 146.

Woehler, 29.

Wolf, Tasmanian, a true marsupial, 42.

Wolff, 70.

Wolves, 140.

Wombat, 42.

Wood-frog, 71.

Woods, heredity of mental qualities, 232.

Worms,
  blindworm of England, 45; 48, 50, 53, 81;
  nervous mechanism of, 205, 206;
  nervous system of, 256, 257.

Zebras, 96, 97, 112.

Zoölogy, 34, 75, 78; geographical distribution, 100.

"Zoönomia," 135.

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