 | 1921 - 472 Seiten
...homologies : "What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise,...bones, in the same relative positions ? How curious 1t is, to give a subordinate though striking instance, that the hind-feet of § 133. (ri) Relevant... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1861 - 470 Seiten
...soul. What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise,...constructed on the same pattern, and should include the same bones, in the same relative positions ? Geoffroy St. Hilaire has insisted strongly on the... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 406 Seiten
...more curious than that the hand of a man formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of...should include similar bones, in the same relative position ? The parts may change to almost any extent in form and size, and yet they always remain connected... | |
 | Robert Mackenzie Beverley - 1867 - 598 Seiten
...more curious than that the hand of a man formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of...should include similar bones, in the same relative position ? The parts may change to almost any extent in form and size, and yet they always remain connected... | |
 | George St. Clair - 1873 - 280 Seiten
...general plan of their organization : the hand of a man, formed for grasping ; that of a mole, made for digging ; the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, are all constructed on the same pattern, and include similar bones in the same relative positions.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - 1875 - 504 Seiten
...for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, tho paddle of the porpoise, and tho wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same pattern, and should include similar bones, in tho same relative positions ? How curious it is, to give a subordinate though striking instance, that... | |
 | 1877 - 612 Seiten
...grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of a porpoise, and the wing of a bat. should all be constructed on the same pattern,...give a subordinate though striking instance, that the hind feet of the kangaroo, which are so well fitted for bounding over the open plains, — those of... | |
 | James Samuelson, Sir William Crookes - 1877 - 600 Seiten
...grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of a horse, the paddle of a porpoise, and the wing of a bat. should all be constructed on the same pattern,...give a subordinate though striking instance, that the hind feet of the kangaroo, which are so well fitted for bounding over the open plains, — those of... | |
 | 1880 - 808 Seiten
...remarks, " What can be more curious than that the hand of a man formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise,...all be constructed on the same pattern, and should 1 See article on " Clues and Traces in Natural History," in the Gentleman's Magasine for March 1879.... | |
 | 1882 - 784 Seiten
...of this varied assortment of quadrupeds. " How curious it is," says Mr. Darwin, " that the hind feet of the kangaroo, which are so well fitted for bounding...those of the climbing, leaf-eating koala, equally well fitted for grasping the branches of trees — those of the ground-dwelling, insector root-eating bandicoots... | |
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What can be more curious than that the hand of a man, formed for grasping, that of a mole for digging, the leg of the horse, the paddle of the porpoise, and the wing of the bat, should all be constructed on the same pattern, and should include similar... 
