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INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
(Number (ISBN
9780511703829 (ebook)
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
b504308
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex.
General Material Designation
[Book]
First Statement of Responsibility
Charles Darwin.
Volume Designation
Volume 1 /
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Cambridge :
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Place of publication not identified :
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Cambridge University Press.
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
publisher not identified,
Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.
1871.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item
1 online resource (436 pages) :
Other Physical Details
digital, PDF file(s)
SERIES
Series Title
Cambridge library collection. Darwin, Evolution and Genetics.
GENERAL NOTES
Text of Note
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015)
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
In his introduction, Darwin reveals that for many years he had no intention of publishing his notes on this topic, 'as I thought that I should thus only add to the prejudices against my views'. By 1871, he felt that his fellow scientists would show a greater openness of mind to his arguments, even when taken to their logical conclusion and applied to the descent of man from the apes - the aspect of his theory which had been so widely mocked since the notorious question asked by Bishop Wilberforce at the Oxford debate of 1860: was it through his grandmother or his grandfather that Thomas Huxley, Darwin's champion, considered himself descended from a monkey? However, the book's focus on the area of sexual selection and the evolutionary importance of secondary sexual characteristics across the animal kingdom meant that the book was received without the public outrage that Darwin had feared.
PARALLEL TITLE PROPER
Parallel Title
The Descent of Man & Selection in Relation to Sex.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Evolution (Biology)
Heredity.
Human beings-- Origin.
Natural selection.
Sex differences.
Sexual dimorphism (Animals)
Sexual selection in animals.
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Darwin, Charles,1809-1882
ORIGINATING SOURCE
Date of Transaction
20151005020623.0
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rda
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Y
