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The Descent of Man:

And Selection in Relation to Sex
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Penguin Group USA, 2004 - Science - 791 pages

InThe Origin of Species, Charles Darwin refused to discuss human evolution, believing the subject too “surrounded with prejudices.” He had been reworking his notes since the 1830s, but only with trepidation did he finally publish TheDescent of Manin 1871. The book notoriously put apes in our family tree and made the races one family, diversified by “sexual selection”—Darwin’s provocative theory that female choice among competing males leads to diverging racial characteristics. Though less well known thanThe Origin of Species,The Descent of Mancontinues to shape the way we think about what it is that makes us uniquely human.

  • First time in Penguin Classics
  • Edited by the coauthors of the acclaimed biographyDarwin
  • Includes Introduction, suggestions for further reading, chronology, biographical register, and index
  • Reproduces the book's original illustrations and Darwin's own notes

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User Review  - Steven Beales - Goodreads

Not as interesting as the Origin of Species - more concerned with the minutiae of sexual selection and race. Read full review

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About the author (2004)

\Charles Darwin (1809–1882) was an evolutionary biologist, best known for his controversial and ground-breaking The Origin of Species (1859).

James Moore is a reader in history of science and technology at the Open University.

Adrian Desmond is an honorary research fellow in the Biology Department at University College London.

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TitleThe Descent of Man: And Selection in Relation to Sex
Volume 11 of Penguin Classics
AuthorCharles Darwin
EditorsJames R. Moore, Adrian J. Desmond
ContributorsJames R. Moore, Adrian J. Desmond
Edition2, illustrated, reprint
PublisherPenguin Group USA, 2004
ISBN0140436316, 9780140436310
Length791 pages
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