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Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays — Thomas Henry Huxley

Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays

Thomas Henry Huxley

  • Essays
  • Book language: English
  • 332 pages

This is a collection of essays by Thomas Henry Huxley, a Victorian biologist and defender of Darwin's theory of evolution. The pieces consider humanity's place in nature, fossil and anatomical evidence, ethnology, and the value of scientific education. They offer clear, reasoned prose that illuminates nineteenth-century debates over evolution and human origins.

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Contents

  1. HUXLEY’S ESSAYS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR OLIVER LODGE
  2. CONTENTS
  3. INTRODUCTION
  4. HUXLEY’S ESSAYS
  5. I ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAN-LIKE APES.
  6. II ON THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THE LOWER ANIMALS.
  7. III ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN.
  8. IV THE PRESENT CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE.
  9. V THE PAST CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE.
  10. VI THE METHOD BY WHICH THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC NATURE ARE TO BE DISCOVERED.—THE ORIGINA
  11. VII THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS, HEREDITARY TRANSMISSION AND VARIATION.
  12. VIII THE CONDITIONS OF EXISTENCE AS AFFECTING THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS.
  13. IX A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSITION OF MR. DARWIN’S WORK, “ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES,” IN RELATION TO THE COMPLETE
  14. X ON THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SCIENCES.
  15. XI ON THE PERSISTENT TYPES OF ANIMAL LIFE.
  16. XII TIME AND LIFE.
  17. XIII DARWIN ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES.
  18. XIV THE DARWINIAN HYPOTHESIS.
  19. XV A LOBSTER; OR, THE STUDY OF ZOOLOGY.
  20. THE FULL PROJECT GUTENBERG™ LICENSE

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