CONTENTS

From The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex by Charles Darwin.

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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