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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Af: Charles Darwin Engelsk Paperback

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Af: Charles Darwin Engelsk Paperback
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In the current resurgence of interest in the biological basis of animal behavior and social organization, the ideas and questions pursued by Charles Darwin remain fresh and insightful. This is especially true of The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Darwin''s second most important work. This edition is a facsimile reprint of the first printing of the first edition (1871), not previously available in paperback.


The work is divided into two parts. Part One marshals behavioral and morphological evidence to argue that humans evolved from other animals. Darwin shoes that human mental and emotional capacities, far from making human beings unique, are evidence of an animal origin and evolutionary development. Part Two is an extended discussion of the differences between the sexes of many species and how they arose as a result of selection. Here Darwin lays the foundation for much contemporary research by arguing that many characteristics of animals have evolved not in response to the selective pressures exerted by their physical and biological environment, but rather to confer an advantage in sexual competition. These two themes are drawn together in two final chapters on the role of sexual selection in humans.


In their Introduction, Professors Bonner and May discuss the place of The Descent in its own time and relation to current work in biology and other disciplines.

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In the current resurgence of interest in the biological basis of animal behavior and social organization, the ideas and questions pursued by Charles Darwin remain fresh and insightful. This is especially true of The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Darwin''s second most important work. This edition is a facsimile reprint of the first printing of the first edition (1871), not previously available in paperback.


The work is divided into two parts. Part One marshals behavioral and morphological evidence to argue that humans evolved from other animals. Darwin shoes that human mental and emotional capacities, far from making human beings unique, are evidence of an animal origin and evolutionary development. Part Two is an extended discussion of the differences between the sexes of many species and how they arose as a result of selection. Here Darwin lays the foundation for much contemporary research by arguing that many characteristics of animals have evolved not in response to the selective pressures exerted by their physical and biological environment, but rather to confer an advantage in sexual competition. These two themes are drawn together in two final chapters on the role of sexual selection in humans.


In their Introduction, Professors Bonner and May discuss the place of The Descent in its own time and relation to current work in biology and other disciplines.

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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 960
ISBN-13: 9780691023694
Indbinding: Paperback
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ISBN-10: 0691023697
Kategori: Evolution
Udg. Dato: 21 aug 1981
Længde: 50mm
Bredde: 140mm
Højde: 123mm
Forlag: Princeton University Press
Oplagsdato: 21 aug 1981
Forfatter(e): Charles Darwin
Forfatter(e) Charles Darwin

Kategori Evolution

ISBN-13 9780691023694

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Paperback

Sider 960

Udgave

Længde 50mm

Bredde 140mm

Højde 123mm

Udg. Dato 21 aug 1981

Oplagsdato 21 aug 1981

Forlag Princeton University Press

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