LEADER 03262nam 2200697 a 450 001 9910972677103321 005 20241218120111.0 010 $a9786612004988 010 $a9781282004986 010 $a1282004980 010 $a9780226641959 010 $a0226641953 024 7 $a10.7208/9780226641959 035 $a(CKB)1000000000707190 035 $a(EBL)432141 035 $a(OCoLC)471133760 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282471 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11220191 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282471 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317199 035 $a(PQKB)10607869 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000123092 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC432141 035 $a(DE-B1597)523593 035 $a(OCoLC)1135571407 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780226641959 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL432141 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10280043 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL200498 035 $a(DcWaBHL)50117 035 $a(Perlego)1851315 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000707190 100 $a20070307d2007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aOn the nature of limbs 205 $aUniversity of Chicago Press ed. 210 1$aLondon$cJohn Van Voorst$d1849 215 $a1 online resource (231 p.) 215 $a1 online resource 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780226641935 311 08$a0226641937 311 08$a9780226641942 311 08$a0226641945 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t"Richard Owen and Animal Form" -- $t"Richard Owen's Quadrophenia: The Pull of Opposing Forces in Victorian Cosmogony" -- $t"The Mystery of Richard Owen's Winged Bull-Slayer" -- $tOn the Nature of Limbs -- $tPlates 330 $aThe most prominent naturalist in Britain before Charles Darwin, Richard Owen made empirical discoveries and offered theoretical innovations that were crucial to the proof of evolution. Among his many lasting contributions to science was the first clear definition of the term homology-"the same organ in different animals under every variety of form and function." He also graphically demonstrated that all vertebrate species were built on the same skeletal plan and devised the vertebrate archetype as a representation of the simplest common form of all vertebrates. Just as Darwin's ideas continue to propel the modern study of adaptation, so too will Owen's contributions fuel the new interest in homology, organic form, and evolutionary developmental biology. His theory of the archetype and his views on species origins were first offered to the general public in On the Nature of Limbs, published in 1849. It reemerges here in a facsimile edition with introductory essays by prominent historians, philosophers, and practitioners from the modern evo-devo community. 606 $aExtremities (Anatomy)$xEvolution 615 0$aExtremities (Anatomy)$xEvolution. 676 $a571.3/1 700 $aOwen$b Richard$f1804-1892.$0236556 801 0$bDE-B1597 801 1$bDE-B1597 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910972677103321 996 $aOn the nature of limbs$94367646 997 $aUNINA