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Title: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Author: Charles Darwin

Release Date: August 1, 2000 [EBook #2300]

Language: English

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PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.

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.
• CHAPTER II. — ON THE MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM.
• CHAPTER III. — COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS.
• CHAPTER IV. — COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS, continued.
• 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.
• 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. (BUTTERFLIES AND MOTHS.)
• CHAPTER XII. — SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF FISHES, AMPHIBIANS, AND REPTILES.
• CHAPTER XIII. — SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF BIRDS.
• CHAPTERS XIV. — BIRDS—continued.
• CHAPTER XV. — BIRDS—continued.
• CHAPTER XVI. — BIRDS—concluded.
• CHAPTER XVII. — SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS.
• CHAPTER XVIII. — SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS—continued.

PART III. — SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.

• CHAPTER XIX. — SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN.
• CHAPTER XX. — SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN, continued.
• CHAPTER XXI. — GENERAL A SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.

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