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100 1 _aShute, D. Kerfoot
_q(Daniel Kerfoot),
_d1858-1935
245 1 2 _aA first book in organic evolution
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aRelease date is 2024-06-15
508 _aCharlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)
520 _a"A First Book in Organic Evolution" by D. Kerfoot Shute is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book serves as an introduction to the principles of organic evolution, focusing on the Development Theory, aiming to make the complex ideas of evolution accessible to both medical students and general readers. It covers essential topics such as heredity, cellular structure, and the processes of natural selection, emphasizing the interplay of diverse factors in the evolution of organisms. The opening of the work establishes a foundational understanding of evolution, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all living beings through their descent from simpler organisms. It explains the concept of classification among species in a tree-like structure, as well as the roles of cells, heredity, and variation in the evolutionary process. The author underscores the importance of evolution as a framework for comprehending biological sciences, hinting at the transformative effects of the theory on humanity's perspective about life's origins and developments. Furthermore, the preface sets the tone for a reader-friendly approach to an intricate subject, inviting curiosity and deeper exploration into the realm of evolutionary biology. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cChicago: The Open Court Publishing Company, 1899
653 _aEvolution
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/b21900905/page/n5/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73834
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