The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

by Charles Darwin

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Contents

  1. Preface to the Second Edition
  2. Detailed Table of Contents
  3. Introduction
  4. Chapter I. The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form
  5. The Bodily Structure of Man
  6. Embryonic Development
  7. Rudiments
  8. Chapter II. On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form
  9. The Direct and Definite Action of Changed Conditions
  10. Effects of the Increased Use and Disuse of a Parts
  11. Arrests of Development
  12. Reversion
  13. Correlated Variation
  14. Rate of Increase
  15. Natural Selection
  16. —Conclusion—
  17. Chapter III. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals
  18. Language
  19. Sense of Beauty
  20. Belief in God—Religion
  21. Chapter IV. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals—continued
  22. Sociability
  23. Man a Social Animal
  24. The Strictly Social Virtues at First Alone Regarded
  25. Concluding Remarks
  26. A Summary of the Last Two Chapters
  27. Chapter V. On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties During Primeval and Civilised Times
  28. Natural Selection as Affecting Civilised Nations
  29. On the Evidence That All Civilised Nations Were Once Barbarous
  30. Chapter VI. On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man
  31. On the Birthplace and Antiquity of Man
  32. Lower Stages in the Genealogy of Man
  33. —Conclusion—
  34. Chapter VII. On the Races of Man
  35. On the Extinction of the Races of Man
  36. On the Formation of the Races of Man
  37. Chapter VIII. Principles of Sexual Selection
  38. Numerical Proportion of the Two Sexes
  39. Polygamy
  40. The Male Generally More Modified Than the Female
  41. Laws of Inheritance
  42. Inheritance at Corresponding Periods of Life
  43. Inheritance at Corresponding Seasons of the Year
  44. A Summary and Concluding Remarks
  45. Man
  46. Horses
  47. Dogs
  48. Sheep
  49. Birds
  50. Fish
  51. Insects
  52. The Proportion of the Sexes in Relation to Natural Selection
  53. Chapter IX. Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom
  54. The Sub-Kingdom of the Mollusca
  55. Sub-Kingdom of the Vermes: Class, Annelida (or Sea-Worms)
  56. Sub-Kingdom of the Arthropoda: Class, Crustacea
  57. Class, Arachnida (Spiders)
  58. Class, Myriapoda
  59. Chapter X. Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects
  60. Difference in Size Between the Sexes
  61. Order, Thysanura
  62. Order, Diptera (Flies)
  63. Order, Hemiptera (Field-Bugs)
  64. Order: Homoptera
  65. Order, Orthoptera (Crickets and Grasshoppers)
  66. Order, Neuroptera
  67. Order, Hymenoptera
  68. Order, Coleoptera (Beetles)
  69. Law of Battle
  70. Stridulating Organs
  71. Chapter XI. Insects, continued. Order Lepidoptera. (Butterflies and Moths.)
  72. Display
  73. Mimicry
  74. Bright Colours of Caterpillars
  75. A Summary and Concluding Remarks on Insects
  76. Chapter XII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles
  77. Urodela
  78. Anura or Batrachia
  79. Chelonia
  80. Crocodilia
  81. Ophidia
  82. Lacertilia
  83. Chapter XIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds
  84. Law of Battle
  85. Vocal and Instrumental Music
  86. Love Antics and Dances
  87. Decoration
  88. Display by Male Birds of Their Plumage
  89. Chapter XIV. Birds—continued
  90. Length of Courtship
  91. Unpaired Birds
  92. Mental Qualities of Birds, and Their Taste for the Beautiful
  93. Preference for a Particular Males by the Females
  94. Gradation of Secondary Sexual Characters
  95. Argus Pheasant
  96. Chapter XV. Birds—continued
  97. Chapter XVI. Birds—concluded
  98. Rules or Classes of Cases
  99. On the Colour of the Plumage in Relation to Protection
  100. A Summary of the Four Chapters on Birds
  101. Chapter XVII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals
  102. Choice in Pairing by Either Sex of Quadrupeds
  103. Chapter XVIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals—continued
  104. Odour
  105. Development of the Hair
  106. Colour of the Hair and of the Naked Skin
  107. Equal Transmission of Ornamental Characters to Both Sexes
  108. Quadrumana
  109. A Summary
  110. Chapter XIX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man
  111. Law of Battle
  112. Difference in the Mental Powers of the Two Sexes
  113. Voice and Musical Powers
  114. The Influence of Beauty in Determining the Marriages of Mankind
  115. Chapter XX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man—continued
  116. Infanticide
  117. Early Betrothals and Slavery of Women
  118. The Manner of Action of Sexual Selection with Mankind
  119. Absence of Hair on the Body, and Its Development on the Face and Head
  120. Colour of the Skin
  121. A Summary
  122. Chapter XXI. General a Summary and Conclusion
  123. On Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys

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