Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book: Saint-Hilaire, Étienne Geoffroy (1807), Considérations sur les pieces de la tête osseuse des animaux vertebras, et particulièrement sur celle du crane des oiseaux, Annales du Museum d'Histoire Naturelle, Retrieved on 2012-05-29Source Material [books.google.com]
Folksonomies: evolution biology Memes
29 MAY 2012
Nature Uses the Same Materials and Forms in Life
We know that nature invariably uses the same materials in its operations. Its ingeniousness is displayed only in the variation of form. Indeed, as if nature had voluntarily confined itself to using only a few basic units, we observe that it generally causes the same elements to reappear, in the same number, in the same circumstances, and in the same relationships to one another. If an organ happens to grow in an unusual manner, it exerts a considerable influence on adjacent parts, which as a ...A brilliant early observation, crucial to understanding evolution.