The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. Charles Darwin

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       Charles Darwin

      The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

      Published by Good Press, 2019

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      EAN 4057664154316

Table of Contents

       PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

       DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS

       INTRODUCTION.

       THE DESCENT OR ORIGIN OF MAN.

       I.

       II.

       III.

       VI.

       VII.

       SEXUAL SELECTION.

       VIII.

       XI.

       XII.

       XIII.

       XVI.

       XVII.

       XVIII.

       SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.

       XXI.

       THE DESCENT OF MAN; AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. —

       INTRODUCTION.

       PART I. THE DESCENT OR ORIGIN OF MAN.

       CHAPTER I. THE EVIDENCE OF THE DESCENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM.

       THE BODILY STRUCTURE OF MAN.

       EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT.

       RUDIMENTS.

       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—

       CHAPTER III. — COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS.

       LANGUAGE.

       SENSE OF BEAUTY.

       BELIEF IN GOD—RELIGION.

       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.

       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.

       CHAPTER VI. — ON THE AFFINITIES AND GENEALOGY OF MAN.

       ON THE BIRTHPLACE AND ANTIQUITY OF MAN.

       LOWER