Project Gutenberg 2024-06-15 Public domain in the USA. 189 Shute, D. Kerfoot (Daniel Kerfoot) 1858 1935 Shute, Daniel Kerfoot Shute, D. K. (Daniel Kerfoot) 99004996 A first book in organic evolution $aChicago :$bThe Open Court Publishing Company, $c1899. Charlene Taylor and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "A First Book in Organic Evolution" by D. Kerfoot Shute is a scientific publication written in the late 19th century. The book serves as an introduction to the principles of organic evolution, focusing on the Development Theory, aiming to make the complex ideas of evolution accessible to both medical students and general readers. It covers essential topics such as heredity, cellular structure, and the processes of natural selection, emphasizing the interplay of diverse factors in the evolution of organisms. The opening of the work establishes a foundational understanding of evolution, emphasizing the interconnectedness of all living beings through their descent from simpler organisms. It explains the concept of classification among species in a tree-like structure, as well as the roles of cells, heredity, and variation in the evolutionary process. The author underscores the importance of evolution as a framework for comprehending biological sciences, hinting at the transformative effects of the theory on humanity's perspective about life's origins and developments. Furthermore, the preface sets the tone for a reader-friendly approach to an intricate subject, inviting curiosity and deeper exploration into the realm of evolutionary biology. (This is an automatically generated summary.) https://archive.org/details/b21900905/page/n5/mode/2up 20210928151834shuteabmd 1899 US Reading ease score: 54.8 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. en Evolution QH Text Category: Science - Biology 651495 2025-09-29T08:05:24.528341 text/html 593400 2024-06-15T17:46:36 text/html 2062140 2025-09-29T08:05:37.746283 application/epub+zip 2064568 2025-09-29T08:05:27.399314 application/epub+zip 307654 2025-09-29T08:05:25.812339 application/epub+zip 2496333 2025-09-29T08:05:43.892285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2411496 2025-09-29T08:05:36.090285 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 489164 2025-09-29T08:05:22.220353 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 469226 2024-06-15T17:46:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15417 2025-09-29T08:05:44.046298 application/rdf+xml 10350 2025-09-29T08:05:26.149368 image/jpeg 1583 2025-09-29T08:05:25.979342 image/jpeg 2106431 2025-09-29T08:05:24.701418 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