In The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin refused to discuss human evolution, believing the subject too "surrounded with prejudices." He had been reworking his notes since the 1830s, but only with trepidation did he finally publish The Descent of Man in 1871. The book notoriously put apes in our family tree and made the races one family, diversified by "sexual selection"— Darwin’s provocative theory that female choice among competing males leads to diverging racial characteristics. Though less well known than The Origin of Species, The Descent of Man continues to shape the way we think about what it is that makes us uniquely human.
Author(s): Charles Darwin
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Year: 1981
Language: English
Pages: 961
CONTENTS......Page 6
Introduction......Page 8
A Note on the Text......Page 35
VOLUME I......Page 44
Introduction......Page 50
I. The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form......Page 58
II. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals......Page 83
III. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals, continued......Page 119
IV. On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form......Page 156
V. On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties during Primeval and Civilised Times......Page 207
VI. On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man......Page 234
VII. On the Races of Man......Page 263
VIII. Principles of Sexual Selection......Page 302
IX. Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom......Page 370
X. Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects......Page 390
XI. Insects, continued. Order Lepidoptera......Page 435
VOLUME II......Page 474
XII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles......Page 482
XIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds......Page 519
XIV. Birds, continued......Page 580
XV. Birds, continued......Page 635
XVI. Birds, concluded......Page 664
XVII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals......Page 720
XVIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals, continued......Page 755
XIX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man......Page 797
XX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man, continued......Page 836
XXI. General Summary and Conclusion......Page 866
A......Page 887
B......Page 891
C......Page 898
D......Page 904
E......Page 907
F......Page 909
G......Page 911
H......Page 915
I......Page 918
J......Page 919
L......Page 921
M......Page 925
N......Page 930
O......Page 932
P......Page 933
Q......Page 938
R......Page 939
S......Page 941
T......Page 948
V......Page 951
W......Page 952
Z......Page 956
Table of Principal Additions and Corrections to the Edition of 1874......Page 958
