On Comparative Longevity in Man and the Lower AnimalsMacmillan and Company, 1870 - Всего страниц: 135 |
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absolute potential longevity accessibility of food Actinozoa amongst animals Annelids appears Aristotle asexual average longevity Bacon birds Buffon bulk cæteris paribus causes character civilized comparative longevity creature Crown 8vo Crustacea Darwin death diminished disease duration Edition England English enquiry essay Extra fcap facts Farr favours Longevity Fcap fertility fish Flourens forms Fuegian gemmules Genesis germinal matter gevity greater Grindon growth hence Herbert Spencer hereditary high evolution high individuation Hufeland Hydrozoa increased influence insects known length less life-tables limit living matter long livers long-lived longer lived males mammals ments Mollusca mortality natural decay normal potential longevity nutriment observed old age organisms ovum period personal expenditure plants POEMS potential longevity Probable after-lifetime Professor PROTOPHYTA Protozoa quantity races racterizes regard relation reproduction Reptiles Rotifer Rotifera seen sexual shew Spencer statements statistics structure supposed term terrestrial Terrestrial animals tertiary aggregation tion various Vertebrata whilst writer young
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