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
Chapters
1 Preface 3 min 2 The Problem Stated, part 1 19 min 3 The Problem Stated, part 2 20 min 4 The Study of Biology, part 1 25 min 5 The Study of Biology, part 2 22 min 6 The Study of Biology, part 3 24 min 7 The Constitution of the Animal and Plant Kingdoms, part 1 20 min 8 The Constitution of the Animal and Plant Kingdoms, part 2 21 min 9 The Constitution of the Animal and Plant Kingdoms, part 3 26 min 10 Concerning Protoplasm, part 1 22 min 11 Concerning Protoplasm, part 2 21 min 12 Concerning Protoplasm, part 3 17 min 13 The Evidence from Rudimentary Organs, part 1 20 min 14 The Evidence from Rudimentary Organs, part 2 24 min 15 The Evidence from the Tails, Limbs, and Lungs of Animals, part 1 23 min 16 The Evidence from the Tails, Limbs, and Lungs of Animals, part 2 19 min 17 The Evidence from the Tails, Limbs, and Lungs of Animals, part 3 20 min 18 The Evidence Furnished by the Science of Likenesses, part 1 19 min 19 The Evidence Furnished by the Science of Likenesses, part 2 20 min 20 The Evidence Furnished by the Science of Likenesses, part 3 24 min 21 The Evidence from Missing Links, part 1 20 min 22 The Evidence from Missing Links, part 2 23 min 23 The Evidence from Missing Links, part 3 19 min 24 The Evidence from Development. - 1. The Earlier Stages in the Life-History of Animals, part 1 22 min 25 The Earlier Stages in the Life-History of Animals, part 2 20 min 26 The Earlier Stages in the Life-History of Animals, part 3 19 min 27 The Evidence from Development. - 2. The Life-Histories of Star-Fishes and Crustaceans, part 1 23 min 28 The Life-Histories of Star-Fishes and Crustaceans, part 2 22 min 29 The Life-Histories of Star-Fishes and Crustaceans, part 3 26 min 30 The Evidence from Development. - 3. The Development of Molluscs, Amphibians, etc., part 1 25 min 31 The Evidence from Development. - 3. The Development of Molluscs, Amphibians, etc., part 2 23 min 32 The Evidence from Development. - 3. The Development of Molluscs, Amphibians, etc., part 3 32 min 33 The Evidence from the Life-Histories of Insects, part 1 28 min 34 The Evidence from the Life-Histories of Insects, part 2 25 min 35 The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 1 25 min 36 The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 2 24 min 37 The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 3 24 min 38 The Evidence from the Constitution of Colonial or Compound Animals, part 4 14 min 39 The Fertilisation of Flowers, part 1 24 min 40 The Fertilisation of Flowers, part 2 25 min 41 The Fertilisation of Flowers, part 3 30 min 42 The Evidence from Degeneration, part 1 26 min 43 The Evidence from Degeneration, part 2 18 min 44 The Evidence from Degeneration, part 3 15 min 45 Geology and Evolution, part 1 18 min 46 Geology and Evolution, part 2 12 min
