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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EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY EDITED BY ERNEST RHYS SCIENCE HUXLEY’S ESSAYS WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SIR OLIVER LODGE THE PUBLISHERS OF EVERYMAN’S LIBRARY WILL BE PLEASED TO SEND FREELY TO ALL APPLICANTS A LIST OF THE PUBLISHED AND PROJECTED VOLUMES TO BE COMPRISED UNDER THE FOLLOWING TWELVE HEADINGS: TRAVEL ☙ SCIENCE ☙ FICTION THEOLOGY & PHILOSOPHY HISTORY ☙ CLASSICAL CHILDREN’S BOOKS ESSAYS ☙ ORATORY POETRY & DRAMA
BIOGRAPHY ROMANCE IN TWO STYLES OF BINDING, CLOTH, FLAT BACK, COLOURED TOP, AND LEATHER, ROUND CORNERS, GILT TOP. LONDON: J. M. DENT & CO. First Edition, February 1906 Reprinted July 1906 CONTENTS PAGE I. ON THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE MAN-LIKE APES 1 52 II. ON THE RELATIONS OF MAN TO THE LOWER ANIMALS 111 III. ON SOME FOSSIL REMAINS OF MAN IV. THE PRESENT CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE 151 V. THE PAST CONDITION OF ORGANIC NATURE 168 VI. THE METHOD BY WHICH THE CAUSES OF THE PRESENT AND PAST CONDITIONS OF ORGANIC NATURE ARE TO BE DISCOVERED. - THE ORIGINATION OF 186 LIVING BEINGS VII. THE PERPETUATION OF LIVING BEINGS, HEREDITARY 208 TRANSMISSION AND VARIATION
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