Essays Scientific and PhilosophicalK. Paul, Trench, Trübner, 1890 - 268 páginas |
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... selection , because a life of unlimited duration would be " a luxury without a purpose . " Still more startling is it to be told that , though the higher organisms " contain within themselves the germs of death , " there are inferior ...
... selection , because a life of unlimited duration would be " a luxury without a purpose . " Still more startling is it to be told that , though the higher organisms " contain within themselves the germs of death , " there are inferior ...
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... selection ? The answer is that when we pass from the unicellular to the multicellular organisms we are at first as far as ever from death . Multicellular organisms , like unicellular , are capable of being killed , but so long as the ...
... selection ? The answer is that when we pass from the unicellular to the multicellular organisms we are at first as far as ever from death . Multicellular organisms , like unicellular , are capable of being killed , but so long as the ...
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... immortal ? the answer is that it must have been for the good of the species . But this at once suggests the further question , - If natural selection , operating on the material of minute 6 ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
... immortal ? the answer is that it must have been for the good of the species . But this at once suggests the further question , - If natural selection , operating on the material of minute 6 ESSAYS SCIENTIFIC AND PHILOSOPHICAL .
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Aubrey Lackington Moore. If natural selection , operating on the material of minute quantitative variations in the cells , not only produced a quantitative distinction between mortal and immortal , but put a premium on death , why should ...
Aubrey Lackington Moore. If natural selection , operating on the material of minute quantitative variations in the cells , not only produced a quantitative distinction between mortal and immortal , but put a premium on death , why should ...
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... selection . Nature does not feed " useless mouths . " The higher organisms , then , contain the germ of death , not because death is a primary necessity for living things , nor because in them a distinction between reproductive and ...
... selection . Nature does not feed " useless mouths . " The higher organisms , then , contain the germ of death , not because death is a primary necessity for living things , nor because in them a distinction between reproductive and ...
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