Name: 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; Richard Dawkins

Published by Folio Society. 1st thus. 2008

Slightly better than very good condition. Introduction by Richard Dawkins. Attractive green and gilt pictorial cloth. Colour illustrations. Top edge green. xlvii and 727 pages including index.

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Introduction
Preface to the Second Edition
Author's Introduction
PART I
THE DESCENT OR ORIGIN OF MAN
I The Evidence of the Descent of Man from some Lower Form
II On the Manner of Development of Man from some Lower Form
III Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals
IV Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals (continued)
V On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties during Primeval and Civilised Times
VI On the Affinities and Geneology of Man
VII On the Races of Man
PART II
SEXUAL SELECTION
VIII Principles of Sexual Selection
IX Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom
X Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects
IX Insects - continued, Order Lepidoptera
XII Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians and Reptiles
XIII Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds
XIV Birds continued
XV Birds contineud
XVI Birds continued
XVII Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals
XVIII Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals continued
PART III
SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN AND CONCLUSION
XIX Secondary Sexual Characters of Man
XX Secondary Sexual Characters of Man continued
XXI General Summary and Conclusion
Supplemental Note
Index