Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Viii : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], PART II. SEXUAL SELECTION. CHAPTER VIII. PRINCIPLES OF SEXUAL SELECTION. Secondary sexual characters--Sexual selection--Manner of action--Excess of males--Polygamy--The male alone generally modified through sexual selection--Eagerness...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xii. Secondary : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF FISHES, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES. FISHES: Courtship and battles of the males--Larger size of the females-- Males, bright colours and ornamental appendages; other strange characters-- Colours...
Part Iii. Sexual Selection In Relati : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XXI. GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION. Main conclusion that man is descended from some lower form--Manner of development--Genealogy of man--Intellectual and moral faculties--Sexual Selection--Concluding remarks. A brief summary will...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xv. Birds : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XV. BIRDS--CONTINUED. Discussion as to why the males alone of some species, and both sexes of others, are brightly coloured--On sexually-limited inheritance, as applied to various structures and to brightly-coloured...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Ix. Secondary : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER IX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS IN THE LOWER CLASSES OF THE ANIMAL KINGDOM. These characters absent in the lowest classes--Brilliant colours--Mollusca --Annelids--Crustacea, secondary sexual characters strongly developed;...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xvii : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XVII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS. The law of battle--Special weapons, confined to the males--Cause of absence of weapons in the female--Weapons common to both sexes, yet primarily acquired by the male--Other uses...
Introduction : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], THE DESCENT OF MAN; AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX. INTRODUCTION. The nature of the following work will be best understood by a brief account of how it came to be written. During many years I collected notes on the origin or descent...
Part I. The Descent Or Origin Of Man. Chapter. Part 05 : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER III. COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS. The difference in mental power between the highest ape and the lowest savage, immense--Certain instincts in common--The emotions--Curiosity...
Part Iii. Sexual Selection In Relati. Part 03 : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], PART III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION. CHAPTER XIX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN. Differences between man and woman--Causes of such differences and of certain characters common to both sexes--Law...
Untitled : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], INDEX. Abbot, C., on the battles of seals. Abductor of the fifth metatarsal, presence of, in man. Abercrombie, Dr., on disease of the brain affecting speech. Abipones, marriage customs of the. Abortion, prevalence of the practice...
Part I. The Descent Or Origin Of Man. Chapter. Part 03 : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER V. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FACULTIES DURING PRIMEVAL AND CIVILISED TIMES. Advancement of the intellectual powers through natural selection-- Importance of imitation--Social and moral faculties--Their...
Part Iii. Sexual Selection In Relati. Part 02 : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN--CONTINUED. On the effects of the continued selection of women according to a different standard of beauty in each race--On the causes which interfere with sexual selection in civilised...
Title Page : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX BY CHARLES DARWIN, M.A., F.R.S. THE DESCENT OF MAN AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX Works by Charles Darwin, F.R.S. Life and Letters of Charles Darwin. With an Autobiographical Chapter...
Part I. The Descent Or Origin Of Man. Chapter : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER VII. ON THE RACES OF MAN. The nature and value of specific characters--Application to the races of man--Arguments in favour of, and opposed to, ranking the so-called races of man as district species--Sub-species--Monogenists...
Part I. The Descent Or Origin Of Man. Chapter. Part 02 : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER VI. ON THE AFFINITIES AND GENEALOGY OF MAN. Position of man in the animal series--The natural system genealogical-- Adaptive characters of slight value--Various small points of resemblance between man and the Quadrumana--Rank...
Preface To The Second Edition : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION. During the successive reprints of the first edition of this work, published in 1871, I was able to introduce several important corrections; and now that more time has elapsed, I have endeavoured to profit by...
Part I. The Descent Or Origin Of Man. Chapter. Part 06 : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER II. ON THE MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM. Variability of body and mind in man--Inheritance--Causes of variability-- Laws of variation the same in man as in the lower animals--Direct action of the conditions...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xvi. Birds : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XVI. BIRDS--CONCLUDED. The immature plumage in relation to the character of the plumage in both sexes when adult--Six classes of cases--Sexual differences between the males of closely-allied or representative species--The female...
Part I. The Descent Or Origin Of Man. Chapter. Part 04 : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER IV. COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS--CONTINUED. The moral sense--Fundamental proposition--The qualities of social animals-- Origin of sociability--Struggle between opposed instincts--Man a social...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter X. Secondary : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER X. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF INSECTS. Diversified structures possessed by the males for seizing the females-- Differences between the sexes, of which the meaning is not understood-- Difference in size between...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xiv. Birds : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XIV. BIRDS--CONTINUED. Choice exerted by the female--Length of courtship--Unpaired birds--Mental qualities and taste for the beautiful--Preference or antipathy shewn by the female for particular males--Variability...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xiii : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XIII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF BIRDS. Sexual differences--Law of battle--Special weapons--Vocal organs-- Instrumental music--Love-antics and dances--Decorations, permanent and seasonal--Double and single annual...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xi. Insects : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XI. INSECTS, CONTINUED. ORDER LEPIDOPTERA. (BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.) Courtship of butterflies--Battles--Ticking noise--Colours common to both sexes, or more brilliant in the males--Examples--Not due to the direct acti...
Part I. The Descent Or Origin Of Man. Chaper : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], PART I. THE DESCENT OR ORIGIN OF MAN. CHAPTER I. THE EVIDENCE OF THE DESCENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM. Nature of the evidence bearing on the origin of man--Homologous structures in man and the lower animals--Miscellaneous points...
Supplemental Note. On Sexual Selecti : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE. ON SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MONKEYS. Reprinted from NATURE, November 2, 1876, p. 18. In the discussion on Sexual Selection in my 'Descent of Man,' no case interested and perplexed me so much...
Part Ii. Sexual Selection. Chapter Xviii : * "The Descent of Man", by Charles Darwin, 2nd ed. [1874], CHAPTER XVIII. SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS--CONTINUED. Voice--Remarkable sexual peculiarities in seals--Odour--Development of the hair--Colour of the hair and skin--Anomalous case of the female being more ornamented th...
