The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex / by Charles Darwin, with illustrations.

  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Date:
1875
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Credit: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex / by Charles Darwin, with illustrations. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    TABLE of the PEINCIPAL ADDITIONS AND COEEECTIONS TO TBE PEESENT EDITION. j Discussion on tbe rudimentary points in the \ human ear revised. Cases of men born with hairy bodies. Mantegazza on the last molar tooth in man. The rudiments of a tail in man. I Bianconi on homologous structures, as ex¬ plained by adaptation on mechanical principles. Intelligence in a baboon. Sense of humour in dogs. (Further facts on imitation in man and \ animals. Keasoning power in the lower animals. Acquisition of experience by animals. Power of abstraction in animals. fPower of forming concepts in relation to \ lang^aage. JPleasure from certain sounds, colours, and \ forms. Fidelity in the elephant. Galton on gregariousness of cattle. Parental affection. Persistence of enmity and hatred. JNature and strength of shame, regret, and \ remorse. Suicide amongst savages. The motives of conduct. Selection, as applied to primeval man. Eesemblances between idiots and animals. Division of the malar bone. Supernumerary mammae and digits, ÍFurther cases of muscles proper to animals \ appearing in man. 1 Broca : average capacity of skull diminished by the preservation of the inferior members of society.