The Descent of Man
Selection in Relation to Sex
Applying his controversial theory of evolution to the origins of the human species, Charles Darwin's The Descent of Man was the culmination of his life's work. This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by James Moore and Adrian Desmond.In The 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 The Descent of Man in 1871. The book notoriously put apes in our family tree and made the races one family, diversified by 'sexual selection' - Darwin's provocative…
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Weitere Autoren: Darwin, Charles / Moore, James
- ISBN: 978-0-241-33621-2
- EAN: 9780241336212
- Produktnummer: 23983564
- Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
- Seitenangabe: 864 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 65'462 KB
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