The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to SexDarwin, Charles
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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Darwin, Charles
Evolution (Biology); Human beings -- Origin; Sex differences; Sexual dimorphism (Animals); Sexual selection in animals
CHAPTER XVIII.
SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAMMALS, continued.
Voice—Remarkable sexual peculiarities in seals—Odour—Development of the
hair—Colour of the hair and skin—Anomalous case of the female being
more ornamented than the male—Colour and ornaments due to sexual
selection—Colour acquired for the sake of protection—Colour, though
common to both sexes, often due to sexual selection—On the
disappearance of spots and stripes in adult quadrupeds—On the colours
and ornaments of the Quadrumana—Summary.
PART III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION.
CHAPTER XIX.
SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN.
Differences between man and woman—Causes of such differences, and of
certain characters common to both sexes—Law of battle—Differences in
mental powers, and voice—On the influence of beauty in determining the
marriages of mankind—Attention paid by savages to ornaments—Their ideas
of beauty in women—The tendency to exaggerate each natural peculiarity.
CHAPTER XX.
SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN, continued.
On the effects of the continued selection of women according to a
different standard of beauty in each race—On the causes which interfere
with sexual selection in civilised and savage nations—Conditions
favourable to sexual selection during primeval times—On the manner of
action of sexual selection with mankind—On the women in savage tribes
having some power to choose their husbands—Absence of hair on the body,
and development of the beard—Colour of the skin—Summary.
CHAPTER XXI.
GENERAL A SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION.
Main conclusion that man is descended from some lower form—Manner of
development—Genealogy of man—Intellectual and moral faculties—Sexual
selection—Concluding remarks.
THE DESCENT OF MAN; AND SELECTION IN RELATION TO SEX.
INTRODUCTION.
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