Project Gutenberg 2013-12-29 Public domain in the USA. 273 Haeckel, Ernst 1834 1919 Haeckel, Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Gadow, Hans 1855 1928 Gadow, Hans Friedrich The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man Produced by Chris Curnow, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "The Last Link: Our Present Knowledge of the Descent of Man" by Ernst Haeckel is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. In this work, the author discusses evolutionary biology, particularly focusing on the descent of humans from primate ancestors, encompassing historical debates and scientific observations related to this topic. The opening of the text initiates a dialogue on the progress of zoological science and its implications for understanding human ancestry, highlighting the contributions of notable figures such as Lamarck and Darwin. Haeckel introduces the reader to the foundational principles of transformism, which posits that species evolve over time through natural processes. He emphasizes the 'question of questions' regarding human origins, asserting the necessity of examining comparative anatomy and paleontological evidence to draw conclusions about the evolutionary lineage of man. Haeckel sets the stage for a detailed exploration of the methods and evidence that will support the assertion of human descent from lower vertebrates. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/44541/44541-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 48.2 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Human beings -- Origin QH Text Category: Science - Biology 229531 2025-07-18T05:11:09.938844 text/html 211342 2024-10-23T21:49:34 text/html 628130 2025-07-18T05:11:14.035801 application/epub+zip 627926 2025-07-18T05:11:10.634868 application/epub+zip 148005 2025-07-18T05:11:10.264836 application/epub+zip 701212 2025-07-18T05:11:16.561816 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 673748 2025-07-18T05:11:13.601843 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 195498 2022-09-20T10:04:58.557491 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 186845 2025-07-18T05:11:09.452825 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 166815 2024-10-23T21:49:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17491 2025-07-18T05:11:16.695780 application/rdf+xml 10370 2025-07-18T05:11:10.349817 image/jpeg 1656 2025-07-18T05:11:10.307827 image/jpeg 579218 2025-07-18T05:11:09.964882 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog de.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia