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Organic Evolution

Richard Swann Lull (1867 - 1957)

Organic Evolution is a college textbook that describes the mechanism of biological evolution by natural selection. It then explores the evidences for evolution in various animals, including insects, reptiles, birds and humans, mainly from the science of paleontology. (Summary by JoeD)

Genre(s): Life Sciences

Language: English

Section	Chapter	Reader	Time
Play 00	Preface	Lucretia B.	00:04:57
Play 01	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 1a History of Evolution	Lucretia B.	00:23:07
Play 02	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 1b History of Evolution	Lucretia B.	00:23:48
Play 03	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 2 The Organic Kingdom	Lazuli	00:34:42
Play 04	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 3a Classification of Organisms	Joy S Grape	00:10:05
Play 05	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 3b Classification of Organisms	Jesse Noar	00:15:47
Play 06	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 3c Classification of Organisms	Jesse Noar	00:17:02
Play 07	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 4a Geographic Distribution	Lazuli	00:30:57
Play 08	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 4b Geographic Distribution	Lazuli	00:19:01
Play 09	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 5a Bathymetric Distribution	Lucretia B.	00:25:52
Play 10	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 5b Bathymetric Distribution	Lucretia B.	00:25:20
Play 11	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 6a Geological Distribution	Lazuli	00:14:28
Play 12	Part 1 Introduction – Chapter 6b Geological Distribution	Lazuli	00:16:56
Play 13	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 7a Natural Selection	Joy Suzanne Grazer	00:25:06
Play 14	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 7b Natural Selection	Joy Suzanne Grazer	00:17:20
Play 15	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 8a Sexual and Artificial Selection	Joy Suzanne Grazer	00:18:01
Play 16	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 8b Sexual and Artificial Selection	Jack Blake	00:28:35
Play 17	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 9 Variation and Mutation	Lee Smalley	00:23:31
Play 18	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 10a Heredity	KHand	00:20:03
Play 19	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 10b Heredity	KHand	00:12:56
Play 20	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 10c Heredity	KHand	00:14:54
Play 21	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 11 Inheriance of Acquired Characters	Lazuli	00:31:24
Play 22	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 12a Orthogenesis and Kinetogenesis	Lazuli	00:13:38
Play 23	Part 2 The Mechanism of Evolution – Chapter 12b Orthogenesis and Kinetogenesis	Lazuli	00:27:51
Play 24	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 1 Ontogeny – Chapter 13a The Life Cycle	Lazuli	00:22:03
Play 25	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 1 Ontogeny – Chapter 13b The Life Cycle	Lazuli	00:32:56
Play 26	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 1 Ontogeny – Chapter 14a Recapitulation, Racial Old Age, Extinctions	KHand	00:15:27
Play 27	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 1 Ontogeny – Chapter 14b Recapitulation, Racial Old Age, Extinctions	hgal2010	00:22:24
Play 28	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 15a Coloration and Mimicry	Eric Metzler	00:28:02
Play 29	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 15b Coloration and Mimicry	Eric Metzler	00:18:21
Play 30	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 16a Animal Associations. Communalism	Frances Wicks	00:09:22
Play 31	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 16b Animal Associations. Communalism	Frances Wicks	00:26:31
Play 32	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 17a Parasitism and Degeneracy	Larry Wilson	00:16:43
Play 33	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 17b Parasitism and Degeneracy	Larry Wilson	00:20:39
Play 34	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 18a Adaptive Radiation	JoeD	00:28:01
Play 35	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 18b Adaptive Radiation	JoeD	00:12:50
Play 36	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 19a Cursorial and Fossorial Adaptation	KHand	00:14:04
Play 37	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 19b Cursorial and Fossorial Adaptation	KHand	00:11:06
Play 38	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 19c Cursorial and Fossorial Adaptation	KHand	00:15:57
Play 39	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 20a Aquatic Adaptation	Jairus Amar	00:34:05
Play 40	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 20b Aquatic Adaptation	ct3ct3ct3	00:14:31
Play 41	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 21 Scansorial Adaptation	KHand	00:19:14
Play 42	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 22a Volant Adaptation	KHand	00:16:19
Play 43	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 22bVolant Adaptation	KHand	00:17:22
Play 44	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 23a Caves and Deep-Sea Life	Deon Gines	00:12:14
Play 45	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 23b Caves and Deep-Sea Life	Deon Gines	00:19:23
Play 46	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 23c Caves and Deep-Sea Life	Deon Gines	00:26:33
Play 47	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 24a Desert Adaptation	Eric Metzler	00:13:21
Play 48	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 2 Morphology and Adaptations – Chapter 24b Desert Adaptation	Eric Metzler	00:25:12
Play 49	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 25a Fossils: Their Nature and Interpretation	Lynne Carroll	00:15:23
Play 50	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 25b Fossils: Their Nature and Interpretation	Lynne Carroll	00:17:35
Play 51	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 26a Cephalopods	KHand	00:10:12
Play 52	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 26b Cephalopods	KHand	00:11:28
Play 53	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 27a Insects	Lisa Reichert	00:28:33
Play 54	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 27b Insects	Lisa Reichert	00:20:11
Play 55	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 28a Origin of Vertebrates	Lisa Reichert	00:15:43
Play 56	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 28b Origin of Vertebrates	Lisa Reichert	00:23:17
Play 57	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 29a Emergence of Terrestrial Vertebrates	Amy Gramour	00:24:49
Play 58	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 29b Emergence of Terrestrial Vertebrates	Amy Gramour	00:21:24
Play 59	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 30a Rise of Reptiles and Dominance of Dinosaurs	Deon Gines	00:23:50
Play 60	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 30b Rise of Reptiles and Dominance of Dinosaurs	Deon Gines	00:21:57
Play 61	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 31a Beaked Dinosaurs and Origin of Birds	JackMon	00:14:24
Play 62	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 31b Beaked Dinosaurs and Origin of Birds	Frances Wicks	00:11:39
Play 63	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 31c Beaked Dinosaurs and Origin of Birds	Frances Wicks	00:12:37
Play 64	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 32a Origin of Mammals and Rise of Archaic Mammals	J. M. Smallheer	00:22:06
Play 65	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 32b Origin of Mammals and Rise of Archaic Mammals	J. M. Smallheer	00:18:14
Play 66	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 33a Incursion of Modernized Mammals and Evolution of Carnivores	Mickey T.	00:11:11
Play 67	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 33b Incursion of Modernized Mammals and Evolution of Carnivores	Mickey T.	00:19:38
Play 68	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 34a Proboscideans	Christian Silva	00:16:32
Play 69	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 34b Proboscideans	Frances Wicks	00:13:34
Play 70	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 34c Proboscideans	Frances Wicks	00:18:05
Play 71	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 35a Horses	Robin Cotter	00:12:40
Play 72	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 35b Horses	Robin Cotter	00:13:43
Play 73	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 35c Horses	Robin Cotter	00:10:03
Play 74	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 36a Camels	Jairus Amar	00:19:33
Play 75	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 36b Camels	Lynne T	00:17:42
Play 76	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 37a The Evolution of Man: Ontogeny and Morphology – Man’s Place in Nature	rookieblue	00:10:32
Play 77	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 37b The Evolution of Man: Ontogeny and Morphology – Man’s Place in Nature	Eric Metzler	00:22:09
Play 78	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 37c The Evolution of Man: Ontogeny and Morphology – Anatomical and Ontogenetic Evidences for Human Evolution	Eric Metzler	00:12:38
Play 79	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 37d The Evolution of Man: Ontogeny and Morphology – Anatomical and Ontogenetic Evidences for Human Evolution	Eric Metzler	00:11:38
Play 80	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 38a The Evolution of man: Paleontology – Paleontological Evidence of Human Evolution	Pamela Krantz	00:22:18
Play 81	Part 3 The Evidences of Evolution – Section 3 Paleontology – Chapter 38b The Evolution of man: Paleontology – Paleontological Evidence of Human Evolution	Pamela Krantz	00:18:11
Play 82	Part 4 – Epilogue – The Pulse of Life	Pamela Krantz	00:12:43

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