“The Descent Of Man” By Charles Darwin. First American Edition, 1871 Print, RARE
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“The Descent Of Man” by Charles Darwin. First American Edition, 1871, RARE. Shipped with USPS Priority Mail. I can upgrade shipping and add insurance if needed.
Grade: Good, 2 Rare 1st Print Volumes, shelf wear typical of a late 1800's book, tight string binding, pages are clean with light foxing, both volumes present well on a shelf, one small tear on one of the pages that has been repaired with translucent tape.
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6 years after the Civil War ended, ..."The Descent of Man" was released to the public.... This 2 Volume set was a follow-up to Darwin's, "On The Origin of Species".
"This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man, while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection... In the Origin, Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection, stating only that `light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The Descent of Man, in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry, Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today, but stated simply that the extent ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however, this statement, as misinterpreted by the popular press, caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" (Norman 599)
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871, which applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. The book discusses many related issues, including evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, differences between human races, differences between sexes, the dominant role of women in mate choice, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society.
Grade: Good, 2 Rare 1st Print Volumes, shelf wear typical of a late 1800's book, tight string binding, pages are clean with light foxing, both volumes present well on a shelf, one small tear on one of the pages that has been repaired with translucent tape.
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6 years after the Civil War ended, ..."The Descent of Man" was released to the public.... This 2 Volume set was a follow-up to Darwin's, "On The Origin of Species".
"This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for Man, while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection... In the Origin, Darwin had avoided discussing the place occupied by homo sapiens in the scheme of natural selection, stating only that `light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.' Twelve years later he made good his promise with The Descent of Man, in which he compared man's physical and psychological characteristics to similar traits in apes and other animals, showing how even man's mind and moral sense could have developed through evolutionary processes. In discussing man's ancestry, Darwin did not claim that man was directly descended from apes as we know them today, but stated simply that the extent ancestors of Homo sapiens would have to be classified among the primates; however, this statement, as misinterpreted by the popular press, caused a furor second only to that raised by the Origin" (Norman 599)
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is a book by English naturalist Charles Darwin, first published in 1871, which applies evolutionary theory to human evolution, and details his theory of sexual selection, a form of biological adaptation distinct from, yet interconnected with, natural selection. The book discusses many related issues, including evolutionary psychology, evolutionary ethics, differences between human races, differences between sexes, the dominant role of women in mate choice, and the relevance of the evolutionary theory to society.
