Chapters on Evolution


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Dr. Andrew Wilson FRSE was a Scottish physiologist and zoologist and lecturer in zoology and comparative anatomy at the University of Edinburgh and the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in the late 19th and early 20th century. In the preface of this book, he writes: "...the chief aim of the work is to present in a popular and readily understood form, the chief evidences of the evolution of living beings. In this view, whilst I have been content to assume the reality of that process, I have also endeavoured to marshal the more prominent facts of zoology and botany, which serve to prove that evolution, broadly considered is not merely a name for an unknown tendency in nature, but is an actual factor in the work of moulding the life with which the universe teems." - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

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Preface 3:03 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Problem Stated, part 1 19:22 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Problem Stated, part 2 19:50 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Study of Biology, part 1 24:50 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Study of Biology, part 2 22:11 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Study of Biology, part 3 24:26 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Constitution of the Animal and Plant Kingdoms, part 1 19:56 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Constitution of the Animal and Plant Kingdoms, part 2 20:57 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Constitution of the Animal and Plant Kingdoms, part 3 26:00 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Concerning Protoplasm, part 1 21:56 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Concerning Protoplasm, part 2 21:27 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Concerning Protoplasm, part 3 16:41 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Rudimentary Organs, part 1 20:30 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Rudimentary Organs, part 2 24:07 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Tails, Limbs, and Lungs of Animals, part 1 22:32 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Tails, Limbs, and Lungs of Animals, part 2 19:15 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Tails, Limbs, and Lungs of Animals, part 3 19:48 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence Furnished by the Science of Likenesses, part 1 19:08 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence Furnished by the Science of Likenesses, part 2 19:52 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence Furnished by the Science of Likenesses, part 3 23:50 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Missing Links, part 1 20:20 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Missing Links, part 2 23:08 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Missing Links, part 3 18:42 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Development. - 1. The Earlier Stages in the Life-History of Animals, part 1 21:31 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Earlier Stages in the Life-History of Animals, part 2 19:57 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Earlier Stages in the Life-History of Animals, part 3 18:52 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Development. - 2. The Life-Histories of Star-Fishes and Crustaceans, part 1 23:07 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Life-Histories of Star-Fishes and Crustaceans, part 2 22:03 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Life-Histories of Star-Fishes and Crustaceans, part 3 26:07 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Development. - 3. The Development of Molluscs, Amphibians, etc., part 1 24:59 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Development. - 3. The Development of Molluscs, Amphibians, etc., part 2 23:14 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Development. - 3. The Development of Molluscs, Amphibians, etc., part 3 31:39 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Life-Histories of Insects, part 1 27:42 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Life-Histories of Insects, part 2 24:34 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 1 24:57 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 2 23:59 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 3 23:42 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 4 14:03 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Fertilisation of Flowers, part 1 24:18 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Fertilisation of Flowers, part 2 24:47 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Fertilisation of Flowers, part 3 30:05 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Degeneration, part 1 25:42 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Degeneration, part 2 18:09 Read by J. M. Smallheer
The Evidence from Degeneration, part 3 15:00 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Geology and Evolution, part 1 18:04 Read by J. M. Smallheer
Geology and Evolution, part 2 12:16 Read by J. M. Smallheer