 I established the following proposition: "It is not the organs, that is to say, the nature and shape of the parts of an animal's body, that have given rise to its special habits and faculties; but it is, on the contrary, its habits, mode of life and environment...  The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal - Strana 141836Úplné zobrazenie - O tejto knihe
 | 1836 - Počet stránok 472
...discourse delivered at the opening of the Zoological Course in the Museum of Natural History. Paris, IMri. 1 vol. 8vo. the same way that his researches on the...aquatic birds ; wading in the water, and at the same time the desire to avoid wet, has lengthened the legs of such as frequent the sides of rivers ; and... | |
 | Alpheus Spring Packard - 1901 - Počet stránok 500
...work entitled Recherches sur Ies Corps vivans (p. 5o) I established the following proposition : "' It is not the organs — that is to say, the nature and form of the parts of the body of an animal — which have given rise to its habits and its special... | |
 | 1882 - Počet stránok 816
...did not exist, and consequently have given occasion for the state which we observe in each animal. It is not the organs, that is to say, the nature and form of the parts of the body of an animal, which have given occasion for those habits and particular... | |
 | Ernst Mayr - 1997 - Počet stránok 742
...condition that we find in each animal" (p. 113). Elsewhere he states the same principle in these words: "It is not the organs, that is to say, the nature and shape of the parts of an animal's body, that have given rise to its special habits and faculties; but... | |
 | Jeanne Fahnestock - 1999 - Počet stránok 249
...constitue la forme de son corps, le nombre et 1'etat de ses organes, enfin, les faculty's dont il jouit. It is not the organs, that is to say, the nature and the form of the parts of an animal's body, which have given rise to its habits and its particular faculties, but it is, on... | |
 | Jennifer Mason - 2005 - Počet stránok 262
...position on species transformation. As Cuvier writes in his "Biographical Memoir," Lamarck claimed that "it is not the organs, that is to say, the nature and form of the parts, which give rise to habits and faculties; but it is the latter which in process of... | |
 | Joseph Needham - Počet stránok 336
...according to a hypothesis inseparable from the rest, it is not the organs, that is to say, the nature and form of the parts, which give rise to habits and faculties;...aquatic birds; wading in the water, and at the same time the desire to avoid getting wet, has lengthened the legs of such as frequent the sides of rivers;... | |
 | Počet stránok 678
...according to a hypothesis inseparable from the rest, it is not the organs, that is to say, the nature and form of the parts, which give rise to habits and faculties...aquatic birds ; wading in the water, and at the same time the desire to avoid getting wet, has lengthened the legs of such as frequent the sides of rivers;... | |
 | 1902 - Počet stránok 552
...are invariable only temporarily." As we read his views, one cardinal axiom seems always prominent : " It is not the organs — that is to say, the nature and form of the parts of the body of an animal — which have given rise to its habits and its special... | |
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