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

With a New introduction by J. T. Bonner and R. M. May
ISBN: 978-1-4008-2006-1
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Autoren/Hrsg.

Darwin, Charles

Weitere Mitwirkende

Bonner, John Tyler

May, Robert M

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Frontmatter, pg. i
Contents VOL I, pg. v
Introduction, pg. vii
Notes and References, pg. xxxvi
Contents, pg. xlv
Introduction, pg. 1
Chapter I. The Evidence of the Descent of Man From Some Lower Form, pg. 9
Chapter II. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals, pg. 34
Chapter III. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals—Continued, pg. 70
Chapter IV. On the Manner of Development of Man From Some Lower Form, pg. 107
Chapter V. On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties During Primeval and Civilised Times, pg. 158
Chapter VI. On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man, pg. 185
Chapter VII. On the Races of Man, pg. 214
Chapter VIII. Principles of Sexual Selection, pg. 253
Chapter IX. Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom., pg. 321
Chapter X. Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects, pg. 341
Chapter XI. Insects, Continued.—Order Lepidoptera, pg. 386
Front Matter 2, pg. I
Errata, pg. II
Contents VOL. II., pg. III
Postscript, pg. VII
Chapter XII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles, pg. 1
Chapter XIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds, pg. 38
Chapter XIV. Birds—Continued, pg. 99
Chapter XV. Birds—Continued, pg. 154
Chapter XVI. Birds—Concluded, pg. 183
Chapter XVII. Secondary Sexual Characters Of Mammals, pg. 239
Chapter XVIII. Secondary. Sexual Characters of Mammals— Continued, pg. 274
Chapter XIX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man, pg. 316
Chapter XX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man—Continued, pg. 355
Chapter XXI. General Summary and Conclusion, pg. 385
Index, pg. 406
Table of the Principal Additions and Corrections to the Editions of 1874, pg. 477

Über Autor(innen)

John Tyler Bonner and Robert M. May are Professors of Biology at Princeton University.