The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex

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Author

Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882

Title

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Credits

Sue Asscher and David Widger

Language

English

LoC Class

QH: Science: Natural history

Subject

Sex differences

Category

Text

eBook-No.

2300

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2300

Release Date

August 1, 2000

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX — By Charles Darwin — CONTENTS
2. 2.PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
3. 3.DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
4. 4.THE DESCENT OF MAN; AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX.
5. 5.INTRODUCTION.
6. 6.PART I. THE DESCENT OR ORIGIN OF MAN.
7. 7.CHAPTER I. THE EVIDENCE OF THE DESCENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM. — THE BODILY STRUCTURE OF MAN. — EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT. — RUDIMENTS.
8. 8.CHAPTER II. ON THE MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM. — THE DIRECT AND DEFINITE ACTION OF CHANGED CONDITIONS. — EFFECTS OF THE INCREASED USE AND DISUSE OF A PARTS. — ARRESTS OF DEVELOPMENT. — REVERSION. — CORRELATED VARIATION. — RATE OF INCREASE. — NATURAL SELECTION. — —CONCLUSION—
9. 9.CHAPTER III. COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS. — LANGUAGE. — SENSE OF BEAUTY. — BELIEF IN GOD—RELIGION.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS—continued. — SOCIABILITY. — MAN A SOCIAL ANIMAL. — THE STRICTLY SOCIAL VIRTUES AT FIRST ALONE REGARDED. — CONCLUDING REMARKS. — A SUMMARY OF THE LAST TWO CHAPTERS.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FACULTIES DURING PRIMEVAL AND CIVILISED TIMES. — NATURAL SELECTION AS AFFECTING CIVILISED NATIONS. — ON THE EVIDENCE THAT ALL CIVILISED NATIONS WERE ONCE BARBAROUS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VI. ON THE AFFINITIES AND GENEALOGY OF MAN. — ON THE BIRTHPLACE AND ANTIQUITY OF MAN. — LOWER STAGES IN THE GENEALOGY OF MAN. — —CONCLUSION—
13. 13.CHAPTER VII. ON THE RACES OF MAN. — ON THE EXTINCTION OF THE RACES OF MAN. — ON THE FORMATION OF THE RACES OF MAN.
14. 14.PART II. SEXUAL SELECTION.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. PRINCIPLES OF SEXUAL SELECTION. — NUMERICAL PROPORTION OF THE TWO SEXES. — POLYGAMY. — THE MALE GENERALLY MORE MODIFIED THAN THE FEMALE. — LAWS OF INHERITANCE. — INHERITANCE AT CORRESPONDING PERIODS OF LIFE. — INHERITANCE AT CORRESPONDING SEASONS OF THE YEAR. — A SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS. — MAN. — HORSES. — DOGS. — SHEEP. — BIRDS. — FISH. — INSECTS. — THE PROPORTION OF THE SEXES IN RELATION TO NATURAL SELECTION.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN THE LOWER CLASSES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. — THE SUB-KINGDOM OF THE MOLLUSCA. — SUB-KINGDOM OF THE VERMES: CLASS, ANNELIDA (OR SEA-WORMS). — SUB-KINGDOM OF THE ARTHROPODA: CLASS, CRUSTACEA. — CLASS, ARACHNIDA (SPIDERS). — CLASS, MYRIAPODA.
17. 17.CHAPTER X. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF INSECTS. — DIFFERENCE IN SIZE BETWEEN THE SEXES. — ORDER, THYSANURA. — ORDER, DIPTERA (FLIES). — ORDER, HEMIPTERA (FIELD-BUGS). — ORDER: HOMOPTERA. — ORDER, ORTHOPTERA (CRICKETS AND GRASSHOPPERS). — ORDER, NEUROPTERA. — ORDER, HYMENOPTERA. — ORDER, COLEOPTERA (BEETLES). — LAW OF BATTLE. — STRIDULATING ORGANS.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. INSECTS, continued. ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. (BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.) — DISPLAY. — MIMICRY. — BRIGHT COLOURS OF CATERPILLARS. — A SUMMARY AND CONCLUDING REMARKS ON INSECTS.
19. 19.CHAPTER XII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF FISHES, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES. — AMPHIBIANS. — URODELA. — ANURA OR BATRACHIA. — REPTILES. — CHELONIA. — CROCODILIA. — OPHIDIA. — LACERTILIA.
20. 20.CHAPTER XIII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF BIRDS. — LAW OF BATTLE. — VOCAL AND INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC. — LOVE ANTICS AND DANCES. — DECORATION. — DISPLAY BY MALE BIRDS OF THEIR PLUMAGE.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIV. BIRDS—continued. — LENGTH OF COURTSHIP. — UNPAIRED BIRDS. — MENTAL QUALITIES OF BIRDS, AND THEIR TASTE FOR THE BEAUTIFUL. — PREFERENCE FOR A PARTICULAR MALES BY THE FEMALES. — GRADATION OF SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS. — ARGUS PHEASANT.
22. 22.CHAPTER XV. BIRDS—continued.
23. 23.CHAPTER XVI. BIRDS—concluded. — RULES OR CLASSES OF CASES. — ON THE COLOUR OF THE PLUMAGE IN RELATION TO PROTECTION. — A SUMMARY OF THE FOUR CHAPTERS ON BIRDS.
24. 24.CHAPTER XVII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS. — CHOICE IN PAIRING BY EITHER SEX OF QUADRUPEDS.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVIII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS—continued. — ODOUR. — DEVELOPMENT OF THE HAIR. — COLOUR OF THE HAIR AND OF THE NAKED SKIN. — EQUAL TRANSMISSION OF ORNAMENTAL CHARACTERS TO BOTH SEXES. — QUADRUMANA. — A SUMMARY.
26. 26.PART III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.
27. 27.CHAPTER XIX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN. — LAW OF BATTLE. — DIFFERENCE IN THE MENTAL POWERS OF THE TWO SEXES. — VOICE AND MUSICAL POWERS. — THE INFLUENCE OF BEAUTY IN DETERMINING THE MARRIAGES OF MANKIND.
28. 28.CHAPTER XX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN—continued. — INFANTICIDE. — EARLY BETROTHALS AND SLAVERY OF WOMEN. — THE MANNER OF ACTION OF SEXUAL SELECTION WITH MANKIND. — ABSENCE OF HAIR ON THE BODY, AND ITS DEVELOPMENT ON THE FACE AND HEAD. — COLOUR OF THE SKIN. — A SUMMARY.
29. 29.CHAPTER XXI. GENERAL A SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION. — SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE. — ON SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MONKEYS. — THE END.

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