The human species

About this eBook

Author

Quatrefages, A. de (Armand de), 1810-1892

Original Publication

United States: D. Appleton and company, 1879.

Credits

deaurider, John Campbell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)

Language

English

LoC Class

GN: Geography, Anthropology, Recreation: Anthropology

Subject

Anthropology

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 70999

Release Date

June 19, 2023

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Untitled
2. 2.Untitled
3. 3.Untitled
4. 4.THE HUMAN SPECIES.
5. 5.CONTENTS.
6. 6.BOOK I. UNITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. — CHAPTER I. EMPIRES AND KINGDOMS OF NATURE.—THE HUMAN KINGDOM.—ANTHROPOLOGICAL METHOD.
7. 7.Untitled
8. 8.CHAPTER II. GENERAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL DOCTRINES; MONOGENISM AND POLYGENISM.
9. 9.CHAPTER III. SPECIES AND RACE IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES.
10. 10.CHAPTER IV. NATURE OF VARIATIONS IN ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE RACES; APPLICATION TO MAN.
11. 11.CHAPTER V. EXTENT OF VARIATIONS IN ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE RACES; APPLICATION TO MAN.
12. 12.Untitled
13. 13.CHAPTER VI. INTERCROSSING AND FUSION OF CHARACTERS IN ANIMAL RACES; APPLICATION TO MAN.
14. 14.CHAPTER VII. CROSSING OF RACES AND SPECIES IN THE ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE KINGDOMS.—MONGRELS AND HYBRIDS.
15. 15.CHAPTER VIII. CROSSING BETWEEN VEGETABLE AND ANIMAL RACES AND SPECIES; MONGRELS AND HYBRIDS; REALITY OF SPECIES.
16. 16.CHAPTER IX. CROSSING BETWEEN HUMAN GROUPS.—UNITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.
17. 17.BOOK II. ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. — CHAPTER X. ORIGIN OF SPECIES.—HYPOTHESES OF TRANSMUTATION.—DARWINISM.
18. 18.CHAPTER XI. ORIGIN OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.—DIFFERENT HYPOTHESES.
19. 19.Untitled
20. 20.BOOK III. ANTIQUITY OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. — CHAPTER XII. AGE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.—PRESENT GEOLOGICAL EPOCH.
21. 21.CHAPTER XIII. AGE OF THE HUMAN SPECIES.—PAST GEOLOGICAL EPOCHS.
22. 22.BOOK IV. ORIGINAL LOCALISATION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. — CHAPTER XIV. AGASSIZ’S THEORY.—CENTRES OF CREATION.
23. 23.CHAPTER XV. PROGRESSIVE LOCALISATION OF ORGANISED BEINGS.—CENTRES OF APPEARANCE.—ORIGINAL LOCALISATION OF MAN.
24. 24.BOOK V. PEOPLING OF THE GLOBE. — CHAPTER XVI. MIGRATIONS BY LAND.—EXODUS OF THE KALMUCKS FROM THE VOLGA.
25. 25.CHAPTER XVII. MIGRATIONS BY SEA.—POLYNESIAN MIGRATIONS.—MIGRATIONS TO NEW ZEALAND.
26. 26.CHAPTER XVIII. MIGRATIONS BY SEA.—MIGRATIONS IN AMERICA.
27. 27.BOOK VI. ACCLIMATISATION OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. — CHAPTER XIX. INFLUENCE OF CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND RACE.
28. 28.CHAPTER XX. CONDITIONS OF ACCLIMATISATION.
29. 29.BOOK VII. PRIMITIVE MAN.—FORMATION OF THE HUMAN RACES. — CHAPTER XXI. PRIMITIVE MAN.
30. 30.CHAPTER XXII. FORMATION OF HUMAN RACES UNDER THE SOLE INFLUENCE OF CONDITIONS OF LIFE AND HEREDITY.
31. 31.CHAPTER XXIII. FORMATION OF MIXED HUMAN RACES.
32. 32.CHAPTER XXIV. INFLUENCE OF CROSSING UPON MIXED HUMAN RACES.
33. 33.BOOK VIII. FOSSIL HUMAN RACES. — CHAPTER XXV. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.
34. 34.CHAPTER XXVI. THE CANSTADT RACE.
35. 35.CHAPTER XXVII. THE CRO-MAGNON RACE.
36. 36.CHAPTER XXVIII. RACES OF FURFOOZ.
37. 37.BOOK IX. PRESENT HUMAN RACES.—PHYSICAL CHARACTERS. — CHAPTER XXIX. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS.—EXTERNAL CHARACTERS.
38. 38.CHAPTER XXX. ANATOMICAL CHARACTERS.
39. 39.Untitled
40. 40.Untitled
41. 41.CHAPTER XXXI. PHYSIOLOGICAL CHARACTERS.
42. 42.Untitled
43. 43.CHAPTER XXXII. PATHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS.
44. 44.BOOK X. PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERS OF THE HUMAN SPECIES. — CHAPTER XXXIII. INTELLECTUAL CHARACTERS.
45. 45.CHAPTER XXXIV. MORAL CHARACTERS.
46. 46.CHAPTER XXXV. RELIGIOUS CHARACTERS.
47. 47.Untitled

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