The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

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THE DESCENT OF
MAN AND SELECTION
IN RELATION TO SEX
By Charles Darwin
CONTENTS
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION.
DETAILED TABLE OF CONTENTS
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.
CHAPTER 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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