Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation: Together with Explanations: A Sequel

Robert Chambers

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Together with Explanations: A Sequel

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5th edition
Robert Chambers

Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Online publication date:: August 2011
Print publication year:: 2009
First published in:: 1844
Online ISBN:: 9780511693168
DOI:: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511693168

Subjects:: History of Science, Life Sciences, Evolutionary Biology, General Science
Series:: Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation was published anonymously in 1844. Starting with the genesis of the solar system, it progresses systematically through such topics as the formation of the earth, the origins of marine life, the emergence of reptiles, birds and other life forms, and the evolution of human life. Drawing widely upon contemporary ideas from astronomy, biology, geology, linguistics, and anthropology, it seeks to establish the 'hypothesis of an organic creation by natural law'. Preceding Darwin's Origin of Species by fifteen years, Vestiges ignited a storm of controversy by pitting natural law and its role in what would soon come to be known as 'evolution' against the generally accepted Victorian belief that the universe was created by God. In 1884, it was revealed that the author was the British publisher Robert Chambers. This fifth edition of the work also contains its 1845 sequel, Explanations.

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Frontmatter
pp i-ii

Contents
pp iii-iv

THE BODIES OF SPACE—THEIR ARRANGEMENTS AND FORMATION
pp 1-28

CONSTITUENT MATERIALS OF THE EARTH, AND OF THE OTHER BODIES OF SPACE
pp 29-45

THE EARTH FORMED—ERA OF THE PRIMARY ROCKS
pp 46-54

COMMENCEMENT OF ORGANIC LIFE—SEA PLANTS, CORALS, ETC
pp 55-67

ERA OF THE OLD RED SANDSTONE—FISHES ABUNDANT
pp 68-78

SECONDARY ROCKS—ERA OF THE CARBONIFEROUS FORMATION—COMMENCEMENT OF LAND PLANTS
pp 79-96

ERA OF THE NEW RED SANDSTONE—TERRESTRIAL ZOOLOGY COMMENCES WITH REPTILES—FIRST TRACES OF BIRDS
pp 97-109

ERA OF THE OOLITE—COMMENCEMENT OF MAMMALIA
pp 110-122

ERA OF THE CRETACEOUS FORMATION
pp 123-130

ERA OF THE TERTIARY FORMATION — MAMMALIA ABUNDANT
pp 131-140

ERA OF THE SUPERFICIAL FORMATIONS—COMMENCEMENT OF PRESENT SPECIES
pp 141-152

GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTING THE ORIGIN OF THE ANIMATED TRIBES
pp 153-172

PARTICULAR CONSIDERATIONS RESPECTING THE ORIGIN OF THE ANIMATED TRIBES
pp 173-196

HYPOTHESIS OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL KINGDOMS
pp 197-239

AFFINITIES AND GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION OF ORGANISMS
pp 240-293

EARLY HISTORY OF MANKIND
pp 294-337

MENTAL CONSTITUTION OF ANIMALS
pp 338-372

PURPOSE AND GENERAL CONDITION OF THE ANIMATED CREATION
pp 373-409

NOTE CONCLUSORY
pp 410-414

APPENDIX
pp 415-423

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