UID:
edocfu_9960117874002883
Format:
1 online resource (viii, 475 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
ISBN:
0-511-70383-X
Series Statement:
Cambridge library collection. Darwin
Content:
In his introduction, Darwin reveals that for many years he had no intention of publishing his notes on this topic, 'as I thought that I should thus only add to the prejudices against my views'. By 1871, he felt that his fellow scientists would show a greater openness of mind to his arguments, even when taken to their logical conclusion and applied to the descent of man from the apes - the aspect of his theory which had been so widely mocked since the notorious question asked by Bishop Wilberforce at the Oxford debate of 1860: was it through his grandmother or his grandfather that Thomas Huxley, Darwin's champion, considered himself descended from a monkey? However, the book's focus on the area of sexual selection and the evolutionary importance of secondary sexual characteristics across the animal kingdom meant that the book was received without the public outrage that Darwin had feared.
Note:
Originally published: London : John Murray, 1871.
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- POSTSCRIPT -- PART II - SEXUAL SELECTION-continued -- 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 -- CHAPTER XIX - SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN -- CHAPTER XX - SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN-continued -- CHAPTER XXI - GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION -- INDEX.
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 1-108-00510-1
Language:
English
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