The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex, 1. köideJ. Murray, 1871 - 475 pages |
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... inhabit tropical countries the difference is not great , for the orang is believed not to be adult till the age of from ten to fifteen years . " Man man's North American Journal of Science , ' vol . xvii . p . 305 , has seen a dog ...
... inhabit tropical countries the difference is not great , for the orang is believed not to be adult till the age of from ten to fifteen years . " Man man's North American Journal of Science , ' vol . xvii . p . 305 , has seen a dog ...
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... inhabit the lofty plateaux of Peru , and Alcide d'Orbigny states 31 that from con- tinually breathing a highly rarefied atmosphere they have acquired chests and lungs of extraordinary dimen- sions . The cells , also , of the lungs are ...
... inhabit the lofty plateaux of Peru , and Alcide d'Orbigny states 31 that from con- tinually breathing a highly rarefied atmosphere they have acquired chests and lungs of extraordinary dimen- sions . The cells , also , of the lungs are ...
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... inhabit the colder regions are protected by a thick layer of blubber , serving the same purpose as the fur of seals and otters . Elephants and rhino- ceroses are almost hairless ; and as certain extinct species which formerly lived ...
... inhabit the colder regions are protected by a thick layer of blubber , serving the same purpose as the fur of seals and otters . Elephants and rhino- ceroses are almost hairless ; and as certain extinct species which formerly lived ...
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... inhabit the finest parts of Brazil . The evidence that all civilised nations are the de- scendants of barbarians , consists , on the one side , of clear traces of their former low condition in still - existing customs , beliefs ...
... inhabit the finest parts of Brazil . The evidence that all civilised nations are the de- scendants of barbarians , consists , on the one side , of clear traces of their former low condition in still - existing customs , beliefs ...
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... inhabit the several zoological provinces , do not differ from each other in the same degree ; so that it can hardly be considered as an anomaly that the Negro differs more , and the American much less , from the other races of man than ...
... inhabit the several zoological provinces , do not differ from each other in the same degree ; so that it can hardly be considered as an anomaly that the Negro differs more , and the American much less , from the other races of man than ...
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Page 152 - I probably attributed too much to the action of natural selection or the survival of the fittest. I have altered the fifth edition of the Origin so as to confine my remarks to adaptive changes of structure.
Page 213 - We may thus ascend to the Lemuridae ; and the interval is not wide from these to the Simiadae. The Simiadee then branched off into two great stems, the New World and Old World monkeys ; and from the latter, at a remote period, Man, the wonder and glory of the Universe, proceeded.
Page 101 - ... and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend his social instincts and sympathies to all the members of the same nation, though personally unknown to him. This point being once reached, there is only an artificial barrier to prevent his sympathies extending to the men of all nations and races.
Page 200 - The great break in the organic chain between man and his nearest allies, which cannot be bridged over by any extinct or living species, has often been advanced as a grave objection to the belief that man is descended from some lower form; but this objection will not appear of much weight to those who, from general reasons, believe in the general principle of evolution.
Page 102 - I believe that the experiences of utility organized and consolidated through all past generations of the human race, have been producing corresponding nervous modifications, which, by continued transmission and accumulation, have become in us certain faculties of moral intuition — certain emotions responding to right and wrong conduct, which have no apparent basis in the individual experiences of utility.
Page 104 - Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker, and we may expect that virtuous habits will grow stronger, becoming perhaps fixed by inheritance. In this case the struggle between our higher and lower impulses will be less severe, and virtue will be triumphant.
Page 179 - All other series of events — as that which resulted in the culture of mind in Greece, and that which resulted in the Empire of Rome — only appear to have purpose and value when viewed in connection with, or rather as subsidiary to, the great stream of Anglo-Saxon emigration to the West.
Page 17 - Without question, the mode of origin and the early stages of the development of man are identical with those of the animals immediately below him in the scale: — without a doubt, in these respects, he is far nearer the Apes, than the Apes are to the Dog.
Page 68 - The same high mental faculties which first led man to believe in unseen spiritual agencies, then in fetishism, polytheism, and ultimately in monotheism, would infallibly lead him, as long as his reasoning powers remained poorly developed, to various strange superstitions and customs.