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Author(s): Darwin, Charles
Reader(s): Wickham, Peter
Label: Naxos AudioBooks
Genre: Non-Fiction
Catalogue No: NA0489
Barcode: 9781781983515
Release Date: 10/2020
DARWIN, C.: Descent of Man (The) (Unabridged)
First published in 1871, The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex sees Darwin apply his evolutionary theory to the human race, controversially placing apes in our family tree. The book covers a range of adjacent themes, including differences between different peoples, the dominance of women in mate choice, and the relevance of evolutionary theory to general society. After the criticism of his On the Origin of Species, Darwin was apprehensive about the possible public reception of The Descent of Man. However, there was an immediate interest in the book and it had to be reprinted within three weeks of publication, leading a relieved Darwin to remark that ‘Everybody is talking about it without being shocked’.
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1 | The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex | 04:12 |
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2 | Introduction | 07:49 |
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3 | Part 1. Chapter 1 | 09:20 |
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4 | Embryonic Development. – Man is developed from an… | 10:13 |
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5 | The extrinsic muscles which serve to move the external… | 09:05 |
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6 | The sense of smell is of the highest importance… | 10:43 |
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7 | There is another foramen or perforation in the humerus… | 09:45 |
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8 | Chapter 2 | 11:09 |
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9 | The direct and definite action of changed conditions. | 10:17 |
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10 | The Quechua Indians inhabit the lofty plateaux of Peru… | 10:58 |
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11 | Professor Canestrini, after discussing the foregoing… | 10:35 |
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12 | Correlated Variation. – In man, as in the lower animals… | 11:16 |
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13 | Natural Selection. – We have now seen that man… | 07:02 |
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14 | Turning now to the nearest allies of men… | 11:04 |
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15 | As the various mental faculties gradually developed… | 09:54 |
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16 | According to a popular impression, the absence of a tail… | 11:17 |
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17 | It is, as I can now see, probable that all organic beings… | 09:22 |
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18 | Chapter 3 | 09:14 |
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19 | Although, as we learn from the above-mentioned insects… | 09:19 |
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20 | Most of the more complex emotions are common to the… | 12:25 |
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21 | Of all the faculties of the human mind, it will, I presume… | 08:34 |
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22 | The following cases relate to dogs. | 12:09 |
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23 | The Duke of Argyll remarks, that the fashioning of an… | 10:21 |
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24 | As Horne Took, one of the founders of the noble science… | 10:46 |
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25 | The formation of different languages and of distinct… | 10:36 |
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26 | Belief in God – Religion. – There is no evidence that man… | 07:40 |
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27 | Chapter 4 | 12:10 |
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28 | It is certain that associated animals have a feeling of love… | 09:44 |
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29 | It has often been assumed that animals were… | 11:09 |
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30 | The social animals which stand at the bottom of the scale… | 10:45 |
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31 | A man cannot prevent past impressions often repassing… | 09:08 |
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32 | If any desire or instinct leading to an action opposed to… | 10:56 |
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33 | Concluding Remarks. – It was assumed formerly by… | 09:49 |
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34 | Our great philosopher, Herbert Spencer, has recently… | 11:07 |
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35 | Chapter 5 | 10:39 |
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36 | Although the circumstances, leading to an increase in… | 09:38 |
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37 | The aid which we feel impelled to give to the helpless is… | 11:00 |
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38 | A most important obstacle in civilised countries to an… | 10:53 |
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39 | The remarkable success of the English as colonists… | 11:12 |
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40 | Chapter 6 | 10:05 |
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41 | The greater number of naturalists who have taken into… | 09:04 |
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42 | Although, as we have now seen, man has no just right… | 08:20 |
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43 | On the Birthplace and Antiquity of Man. | 11:11 |
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44 | Lastly, one single member of the immense and diversified… | 07:14 |
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45 | The possession by male mammals of functionally… | 08:54 |
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46 | Chapter 7 | 09:13 |
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47 | In determining whether the supposed varieties of… | 08:49 |
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48 | On the other side of the question, if our supposed… | 09:46 |
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49 | During an early stage in the divergence of the races of… | 08:09 |
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50 | As it is improbable that the numerous and unimportant… | 08:36 |
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51 | Extinction follows chiefly from the competition of tribe… | 11:13 |
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52 | The decrease of the native population of the Sandwich… | 07:49 |
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53 | Lessened fertility from changed conditions, as in the case… | 08:43 |
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54 | Finally, although the gradual decrease and ultimate… | 11:04 |
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55 | We have seen in the second chapter that the conditions… | 08:02 |
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56 | Note on the Resemblances and Differences in… | 08:48 |
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57 | It is further established, that the degree of asymmetry of… | 08:12 |
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58 | Three views of this brain are given in the work cited… | 08:25 |
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59 | Part 2. Chapter 8 | 11:34 |
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60 | Just as man can improve the breed of his game-cocks by… | 10:28 |
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61 | Numerical Proportion of the Two Sexes. | 11:13 |
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62 | As I hear from Sir Andrew Smith, the lion in South Africa… | 09:28 |
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63 | The female, on the other hand, with the rarest exceptions… | 07:58 |
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64 | From the causes just specified the two sexes can hardly… | 08:25 |
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65 | Laws of Inheritance. | 11:55 |
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66 | There is one difficult question which it will be convenient… | 11:58 |
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67 | In most of the species of the splendid family of the… | 11:21 |
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68 | Summary and concluding remarks. – From the foregoing… | 11:57 |
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69 | Professor Faye remarks that 'a still greater preponderance…' | 11:56 |
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70 | Of mammalia in a state of nature I have been able to… | 10:37 |
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71 | Insects. | 08:11 |
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72 | Mr Doubleday has called my attention to M. Staudinger's… | 10:13 |
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73 | Some of the lower Crustaceans are able to propagate… | 07:52 |
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74 | In the Sandwich Islands, the males exceed the females… | 06:51 |
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75 | Chapter 9 | 09:29 |
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76 | Even in the highest class of the Mollusca… | 07:58 |
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77 | In some of the lower crustaceans, the right anterior… | 12:10 |
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78 | Class, Arachnida (Spiders). – The sexes do not generally… | 06:46 |
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79 | Chapter 10 | 09:03 |
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80 | There are, however, exceptions to the rule of male insects… | 11:19 |
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81 | Order, Orthoptera (Crickets and Grasshoppers). | 11:11 |
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82 | From the facts now given, we see that the means by… | 10:58 |
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83 | In the family of Bees, especially in the solitary species… | 11:55 |
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84 | The cases hitherto given refer to the Lamellicorns… | 11:23 |
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85 | We thus see that in the different coleopterous families… | 08:52 |
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86 | Chapter 11 | 07:14 |
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87 | In the genus Papilio, all the species of the Æneas group… | 10:39 |
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88 | Most Moths rest motionless during the whole or greater… | 11:03 |
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89 | The courtship of butterflies is, as before remarked… | 09:00 |
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90 | On the whole, although many serious objections may be… | 10:22 |
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91 | As some writers have felt much difficulty in… | 11:36 |
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92 | The colouring of insects is a complex and obscure subject. | 08:23 |
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93 | Chapter 12 | 09:47 |
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94 | In many species the male alone is ornamented with… | 12:17 |
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95 | To return to our more immediate subject. The case stands… | 11:34 |
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96 | In most of the Lophobranchii (Pipe-fish, Hippocampi, &c.)… | 11:14 |
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97 | Reptiles. Chelonia. – Tortoises and turtles do not offer… | 09:16 |
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98 | Lacertilia. – The males of some, probably of many kinds of… | 09:31 |
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99 | Chapter 13 | 09:10 |
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100 | The males of many gallinaceous birds, especially of the… | 11:13 |
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101 | Vocal and instrumental music. – With birds the voice… | 10:04 |
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102 | In some birds the vocal organs differ greatly in the two… | 09:20 |
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103 | In the foregoing cases sounds are made by the aid of… | 10:57 |
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104 | Decoration. – I will first discuss the cases in which… | 11:07 |
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105 | I will mention only one other bird, remarkable from the… | 07:49 |
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106 | It appears at first sight a surprising circumstance that… | 10:34 |
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107 | The Gold and Amherst pheasants during their courtship… | 09:18 |
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108 | We will now turn to male birds which are not… | 09:12 |
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109 | Chapter 14 | 09:59 |
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110 | Sir J. Lubbock's gamekeeper has repeatedly shot… | 10:01 |
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111 | Birds possess acute powers of observation. Every mated… | 09:50 |
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112 | The Rev. W. D. Fox informs me that he possessed at the… | 10:51 |
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113 | Wild turkeys in the United States, according to Audubon… | 10:34 |
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114 | Variability of Birds, and especially of their Secondary… | 10:31 |
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115 | Whether or not unimportant differences between… | 09:00 |
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116 | Gradation of Secondary Sexual Characters. – Cases of… | 11:06 |
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117 | Argus pheasant. – Another excellent case for investigation… | 08:49 |
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118 | There still remains another very curious point… | 09:16 |
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119 | Chapter 15 | 12:10 |
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120 | As bright colours are of service to the males in their rivalry… | 11:00 |
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121 | In these two latter cases the great length of the… | 10:23 |
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122 | Notwithstanding the foregoing objections, I cannot doubt… | 09:02 |
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123 | The cases, as yet given, of slight and graduated… | 06:28 |
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124 | The laws of inheritance can alone account for the… | 07:29 |
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125 | Chapter 16 | 10:38 |
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126 | The force of the present law is well shewn in those… | 10:03 |
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127 | As I account so largely by sexual selection for the… | 11:07 |
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128 | Formerly when I was inclined to lay much stress on… | 08:55 |
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129 | Turning now to the Ostrich order: the male of the… | 08:45 |
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130 | CLASS IV. When the adult male resembles the adult… | 08:41 |
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131 | With birds it is difficult to decide by what standard we… | 11:03 |
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132 | In Aïthurus polytmus, a humming-bird, the male is… | 09:53 |
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133 | In all parts of the world both sexes of many soft-billed… | 10:17 |
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134 | Some members of the heron family offer a still more… | 10:46 |
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135 | The laws of inheritance, irrespectively of selection, appear… | 07:08 |
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136 | Chapter 17 | 09:18 |
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137 | The horns of the reindeer are developed at a most… | 05:50 |
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138 | The effects of castration deserve notice, as throwing light… | 08:23 |
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139 | With antelopes it is sometimes difficult to imagine how… | 10:55 |
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140 | Very few male quadrupeds possess weapons of two… | 11:05 |
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141 | The males of some few quadrupeds possess organs or… | 08:46 |
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142 | Choice in Pairing by either Sex of Quadrupeds. | 10:13 |
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143 | Chapter 18 | 09:42 |
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144 | The rank effluvium of the male goat is well known… | 10:58 |
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145 | Colour of the Hair and of the Naked Skin. – I will first give… | 11:17 |
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146 | Lastly, in the baboon family, the adult male of… | 10:10 |
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147 | Equal transmission of ornamental characters to both sexes. | 08:27 |
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148 | We have seen in a former chapter that when young… | 07:57 |
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149 | A few instances will suffice of the strange manner in… | 10:11 |
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150 | Part 3. Chapter 19 | 11:21 |
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151 | Throughout the great American continent the men may… | 11:06 |
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152 | Now, when two men are put into competition, or a man… | 11:05 |
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153 | A critic has asked how the ears of man, and he ought to… | 11:32 |
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154 | As the males of several quadrumanous animals have their… | 10:35 |
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155 | In most, but not all parts of the world, the men are more… | 10:39 |
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156 | It is remarkable that throughout the world the races… | 10:43 |
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157 | Chapter 20 | 09:02 |
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158 | The indirect evidence in favour of the belief of the former… | 09:01 |
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159 | Infanticide. – This practice is now very common… | 09:38 |
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160 | The Manner of Action of Sexual Selection with Mankind. | 10:43 |
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161 | Turning to Africa: the Kafirs buy their wives, and girls are… | 09:32 |
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162 | With respect to the beard in man, if we turn to our best… | 11:19 |
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163 | Chapter 21 | 09:53 |
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164 | The high standard of our intellectual powers and moral… | 10:21 |
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165 | He who believes in the advancement of man from some… | 10:08 |
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166 | Although we have some positive evidence that birds… | 11:03 |
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