The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex /

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex / / Charles Darwin.

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In the current resurgence of interest in the biological basis of animal behavior and social organization, the ideas and questions pursued by Charles Darwin remain fresh and insightful. This is especially true of The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Darwin's second most important...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Archive 1927-1999
VerfasserIn:
Darwin, Charles,
MitwirkendeR:
Bonner, John Tyler,
May, Robert M.,
TeilnehmendeR:
Bonner, John Tyler.
May, Robert M.
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2008]
©1981
Year of Publication:2008
Edition:With a New introduction by J. T. Bonner and R. M. May
Language:English
Series:Princeton Science Library
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Physical Description:1 online resource (960 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents VOL I
  • Introduction
  • Notes and References
  • Contents
  • Introduction
  • Part I. The Descent or Origin of Man
  • Chapter I. The Evidence of the Descent of Man From Some Lower Form
  • Chapter II. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals
  • Chapter III. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals-Continued
  • Chapter IV. On the Manner of Development of Man From Some Lower Form
  • Chapter V. On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties During Primeval and Civilised Times
  • Chapter VI. On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man
  • Chapter VII. On the Races of Man
  • Part II. Sexual Selection
  • Chapter VIII. Principles of Sexual Selection
  • Chapter IX. Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom.
  • Chapter X. Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects
  • Chapter XI. Insects, Continued.-Order Lepidoptera
  • Front Matter 2
  • Errata
  • Contents VOL. II.
  • Postscript
  • Chapter XII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles
  • Chapter XIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds
  • Chapter XIV. Birds-Continued
  • Chapter XV. Birds-Continued
  • Chapter XVI. Birds-Concluded
  • Chapter XVII. Secondary Sexual Characters Of Mammals
  • Chapter XVIII. Secondary. Sexual Characters of Mammals- Continued
  • Chapter XIX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man
  • Chapter XX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man-Continued
  • Chapter XXI. General Summary and Conclusion
  • Index
  • Table of the Principal Additions and Corrections to the Editions of 1874

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