[COMPLETE] Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson - jo

[knotyouraveragejo]

Chapters on Evolution by Andrew Wilson (1852 - 1912).

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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." ( J. M. Smallheer)

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[knotyouraveragejo]

Prospective DPLs - Some of the chapters in this book are quite long. Therefore, I plan split the text at logical points as I go along into ~20 minute sections.

[Availle]

I'm up to PLing this one, but I may not be as fast as you need me to be...

Your call.

[knotyouraveragejo]

That works for me. Thanks!

[Availle]

Great! First two sections PL OK.

[knotyouraveragejo]

Next section is ready for PL.

[Availle]

PL OK.

I found it funny that he laughs about people who say that whales are fishes. And in the next paragraph he lumps in the whales with the kangaroos "because mammals". Aren't the kangaroos a different type of animals, with their pouches and everything?

[knotyouraveragejo]

They are both Mammals (Class: Mammalia) which includes 3 infraclasses - Monotremes, Marsupials and Placentals. He has much more to say about the kangaroo and other marsupials later in this chapter. Stay tuned...

[knotyouraveragejo]

Section 4 ready for PL.

[Availle]

Aah, there's the kangaroo!
PL OK.

[knotyouraveragejo]

Thanks! Section 5 which has a bit more to say on the subject is ready for PL.

[knotyouraveragejo]

Section 6 added. Wherein you will hear why Lobsters and Butterflies are alike.

[Availle]

Section 5 PL OK.

I'm curious to hear about the lobstery butterfly...

[knotyouraveragejo]

Section 7 ready for PL.

[knotyouraveragejo]

Section 8 added.