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Evolution

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  • Haeckel's Evolution of Man. This plate shows the embryos of four mammals in the three corresponding stages: of a Hog (H), Calf (C), Rabbit (R), and a Man (M). The conditions of the three different stages of development, which the three crossroads (I,II,III) represent, are selected to correspond as exactly as possible.
  • Haeckel's Evolution of Man. This plate represents the embryos of two of the lower, and two of the higher Vertebrates in three different stages: of a fish (F); of an amphibian (salamandar,S); of a reptile (tortoise,T); and of a bird (chick,A).
  • Plate from Virey, "Histoire Naturelle...," 1826
  • Punch, 28 December 1861, Charles Darwin
  • Engraving of a Lacertus Volans
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    Haeckel's Evolution of Man. This plate shows the embryos of four mammals in the three corresponding stages: of a Hog (H), Calf (C), Rabbit (R), and a Man (M). The conditions of the three different stages of development, which the three crossroads (I,II,III) represent, are selected to correspond as exactly as possible.

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    Punch, 25 May 1861, 'The Lion of the Season'

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    Action and reaction in pathology and therapeutics Series II. Teleology (old and new)

    | Date: 1929-1950 | Reference: PP/FPW/B.4/2
    Part of: Parkes Weber, Frederick (1863-1962)
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    DNA sequence of CCR5 Delta 32 gene mutation

    Emei Ma, P/C Guy McLoughlin
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    Engraving of a Chameleon

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