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100 1 _aMason, John
_q(John Harmon),
_d1867-1968
245 1 0 _aEvolution made plain
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2025
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aPocket series no. 467
490 1 _a[Little blue books series no. 467]
500 _aRelease date is 2025-08-28
508 _aTim Miller, Tom Trussel 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"Evolution made plain by John Mason" is a concise popular science pamphlet written in the early 20th century. It is a scientific publication that introduces the theory of evolution in plain language, explaining how natural selection and other natural laws account for the development of all life, including humans. The book defines what evolution is and is not, separates it from common misconceptions, and surveys geological time and the fossil record to show a progression from simple to complex forms. It marshals anatomical and embryological evidence (homologies, vestigial organs, and stages of development), discusses “connecting links,” and compares humans and apes alongside early human fossils. It explains natural selection, variation, artificial selection, and the idea of mutations, then extends these ideas to social thought, urging free inquiry and tolerance while criticizing biblical literalism and popular objections. In its final sections it applies heredity and environment to human progress, argues for the primacy of the common good, and controversially advocates eugenic measures, calling for improved environments and responsible reproduction as the path to future advancement. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cGirard: Haldeman-Julius Company, 1923
653 _aEvolution
700 1 _aHaldeman-Julius, E.
_q(Emanuel),
_d1888-1951
830 0 _aPocket series no. 467
830 0 _a[Little blue books series no. 467]
856 4 _uhttps://archive.org/details/evolutionmadepla00maso/page/n1/mode/2up
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76749
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