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Published to honor the anniversary of Darwin's 200th birthday, these prime excerpts from the great naturalist's landmark work build on the evolutionary concepts introduced in On the Origin of Species. The earlier work provided a basic exposition of Darwinian theory. The Descent of Man, published a dozen years later, asserts that humans are the descendants of apes, which were descended from even more primitive creatures.
This fascinating treatise on evolutionary psychology explores the two defining forces of human and animal evolution-natural selection and sexual selection. Numerous examples from Darwin's years of study illustrate its compelling conclusion: However much we differ from other animals, we are descended from common ancestors and have evolved in similar ways. Based upon the original edition, this abridgement by a noted Darwinian scholar offers a highly readable version of one of the most important books in the history of science.
Dover (2010) abridged version of the edition published by John Murray Publishers, London, 1871.
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9783734059902 |
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Publisher: | Outlook Verlag |
Publication date: | 09/27/2019 |
Pages: | 702 |
Product dimensions: | 5.83(w) x 8.27(h) x 1.54(d) |
About the Author
Charles Darwin: Original Thinking
Each generation of students comes to Darwin's epoch-making works, several of which are the basis of our publishing program in biology and related fields: The Essential Darwin, 2006; The Descent of Man, 2010; The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals, 2006; and On the Origin of the Species, 2006.
In the Author's Own Words:
"A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there."
"I feel most deeply that this whole question of Creation is too profound for human intellect. A dog might as well speculate on the mind of Newton! Let each man hope and believe what he can."
"Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science."
"There is grandeur in this view of life, with its several powers, having been originally breathed into a few forms or into one; and that, whilst this planet has gone cycling on according to the fixed law of gravity, from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
"Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to the humblest living creature, with his god-like intellect which has penetrated into the movements and constitution of the solar system — with all these exalted powers — Man still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin." — Charles Darwin
Date of Birth:
February 12, 1809Date of Death:
April 19, 1882Place of Birth:
Shrewsbury, EnglandPlace of Death:
London, EnglandEducation:
B.A. in Theology, Christ¿s College, Cambridge University, 1831Table of Contents
Introduction to the Dover Edition v
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Introduction xxv
Part I The Descent Or Origin Of Man
I The Evidence of the Descent of Man From Some Lower Form 3
II Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals 17
III Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals, continued 40
IV On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form 64
V On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties during Primeval and Civilised Times 95
VI On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man 112
VII On the Races of Man 131
Part II Sexual Selection
VIII Principles of Sexual Selection 155
IX Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom 188
X Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects 194
XI Insects, continued. Order Lepidoptera 197
XII Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles 221
XIII Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds 232
XIV Birds, continued 265
XV Birds, continued 299
XVI Birds, concluded 318
XVII Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals 353
XVIII Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals, continued 370
XIX Secondary Sexual Characters of Man 393
XX Secondary Sexual Characters of Man, continued 417
XXI General Summary and Conclusion 436
Index 451
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One of the ten most significant books. (Sigmund Freud)"