“The succession of individuals, connected by reproduction and belonging to a species, makes it possible for the specific form itself to last for ages. In the end, however, the species is temporary; it has no "eternal life." After existing for a certain period, it either dies or is converted by modification into other forms.” LifeEndsAgeLastsFormScienceCertainDiesIndividualExistenceEvolutionPeriodsEternalSpeciesConnectedBelongingTemporaryEternal LifeSuccessionReproductionModification Book:Wonders of life Source: Wonders of life
“In the course of individual development, inherited characters appear, in general, earlier than adaptive ones, and the earlier a certain character appears in ontogeny, the further back must lie in time when it was acquired by its ancestors.” CharacterLyingCertainCoursesIndividualDevelopmentAncestorGeneticsAdaptive Author:Ernst Haeckel