Creation by evolution
Subtitle: a consensus of present-day knowledge as set forth by leading authorities in non-technical language that all may understand
By: edited by Frances Mason.
Contributors: Jordan, David Starr, 1851-1931.; Thomson, J. Arthur 1861-1933.; Jennings, H. S. 1868-1947.; Parker, George Howard, 1864-1955.; MacBride, E. W. 1866-1940.; Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952.; Scott, William Berryman, 1858-1947.; Bather, Francis Arthur, 1863-1934.; Gregory, J. W. 1864-1932.; Woodward, Arthur Smith, 1864-1944.; Gager, C. Stuart 1872-1943.; Berry, Edward Wilber, b. 1875.; Poulton, Edward Bagnall, Sir, 1856-1943.; Shipley, A. E. Sir, 1861-1927.; Wheeler, William Morton, 1865-1937.; Loomis, Frederic Brewster, b. 1873.; Watson, David Meredith Seares, 1886-; Lull, Richard Swann, 1867-; Gregory, William K. 1876-; Holmes, Samuel J. 1868-; Smith, Grafton Elliot, Sir, 1871-1937.; Huxley, Julian, 1887-1975.; Morgan, C. Lloyd 1852-1936.; Newman, Horatio Hackett, b. 1875.
Publisher: The Macmillan Company
Published: 1928
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 392
Subjects: Evolution.
Notes: "References" at end of each essay.
--Evolution of the bird, by D.M.S. Watson.--Connecting and missing links in the ascent to man, by R.S. Lull.--The lineage of man, by W.K. Gregory.--The human side of apes, by S.J. Holmes.--The evolution of the brain, by G.E. Smith.--Progress shown in evolution, by J.S. Huxley.--Mind in evolution, by C.L. Morgan.--Cumulative evidence for evolution, by H.H. Newman.
Table of contents: title: Foreword, by H.F. Osborn.; title: Introduction, by Sir C.S. Sherrington.; title: Evolution; title: its meaning, by D.S. Jordan.; title: Why we must be evolutionists, by J.A. Thomson.; title: Can we see evolution occurring? by H.S. Jennings.; title: Vestigial organs, by G.H. Parker.; title: Evolution as shown by the development of the individual organism, by E.W. MacBride.; title: Embryology and evolution, by E.G. Conklin.; title: The geographical distribution of animals, by W.B. Scott.; title: The record of the rocks, by F.A. Bather.; title: The nature of species, by J.W. Gregory.; title: The progression of life on earth, by Sir A.S. Woodward.; title: The evolution of plants, by C.S. Gager.; title: The story told by fossil plants, by E.W. Berry.; title: Butterflies and moths as evidence of evolution, by E.B. Poulton.; title: Evolution of the bee and the beehive, by Sir A.E. Shipley.; title: The evolution of ants, by W.M. Wheeler.; title: The evolution of the horse and the elephant, by F.B. Loomis.