The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I
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THE
DESCENT OF MAN,
SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX.
IN TWO VOLUMES.—Vol. I.
LONDON: JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE STREET. 1871.
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.
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.
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