The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, V. I
by Charles Darwin
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About this eBook
- Author
- Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
- Title
- The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I
- Credits
- Produced by StevenGibbs, Turgut Dincer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- QH: Science: Natural history
- Subject
- Sex differences
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 34967
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/34967
- Release Date
- January 15, 2011
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE — DESCENT OF MAN,
- 2.SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. — By CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S., &c. — IN TWO VOLUMES.— Vol. I. — LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1871. — BY THE SAME AUTHOR.
- 3.CONTENTS. — PART I. — ON THE DESCENT OF MAN — PART II. SEXUAL SELECTION. — THE DESCENT OF MAN; — SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. — INTRODUCTION. — Part I. — THE DESCENT OR ORIGIN OF MAN. — Part I. —THE DESCENT 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.
- 4.Part II.—SEXUAL SELECTION. — CHAPTER VIII. — Principles of Sexual Selection. — LAWS OF INHERITANCE. — Supplement on the proportional numbers of the two sexes in animals belonging to various classes. — BIRDS. — FISH. — INSECTS. — 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. — FOOTNOTES: — END OF VOL. I. — MR. MURRAY’S
- 5.LIST OF POPULAR WORKS. — One Shilling. — One Shilling and Sixpence. — Two Shillings. — Two Shillings and Sixpence. — Three Shillings. — Three Shillings and Sixpence. — Four Shillings. — Four Shillings and Sixpence. — Five Shillings. — Six Shillings. — Seven Shillings. — Seven Shillings and Sixpence. — Nine Shillings. — LIST OF SCHOOL CLASSICS. — By DR. WILLIAM SMITH. — LIST OF HANDBOOKS FOR TRAVELLERS. — KNAPSACK GUIDES FOR TRAVELLERS. — JOHN MURRAY, 50a, ALBEMARLE STREET. — TRANSCRIBERS' NOTES
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