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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

著者 Charles Darwin · 25 章 · about 23 hours 読書時間

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Preface to the Second Edition3 min Introduction7 min Chapter I: The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form46 min Chapter II: On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form90 min Chapter III: Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals74 min Chapter IV: Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals, Continued71 min Chapter V: On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties During Primeval and Civilised Times42 min Chapter VI: On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man46 min Chapter VII: On the Races of Man76 min Note on the Resemblances and Differences in the Structure and the Development of the Brain in Man and Apes by Professor Huxley, F.R.S.20 min Chapter VIII: Principles of Sexual Selection130 min Chapter IX: Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom29 min Chapter X: Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects65 min Chapter XI: Insects, Continued. Order Lepidoptera. (butterflies and Moths.)54 min Chapter XII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles53 min Chapter XIII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds84 min Chapter XIV: Birds, Continued86 min Chapter XV: Birds, Continued45 min Chapter XVI: Birds, Concluded88 min Chapter XVII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals55 min Chapter XVIII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals, Continued57 min Chapter XIX: Secondary Sexual Characters of Man68 min Chapter XX: Secondary Sexual Characters of Man, Continued49 min Chapter XXI: General Summary and Conclusion30 min Supplemental Note: On Sexual Selection in Relation to Monkeys9 min