| Description |
ix, 470 pages : illustrations, portrait ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Autobiography: Recollections of the development of my mind and character -- Voyage of the beagle: Tierra del Fuego -- Galapagos Archipelago -- Coral formation -- Reflections on the voyage -- Origin of species: Darwin-Wallace essays of 1858 -- Variation of organisms -- Natural selection -- Difficulties of the theory -- Geology and geography -- Recapitulation and conclusion -- Descent of man: Outline of the evidence -- Races of man -- Principles of sexual selection -- Secondary sexual characters of birds -- Secondary sexual characters of man -- General summary and conclusion -- Expression of the emotions: Expression of the emotions of monkeys -- Special expressions of man: Blushing -- Concluding remarks on emotions -- Biographical sketch of an infant -- Plants and worms: Movements and habits of climbing plants -- Insectivorous plants -- Formation of vegetable mould -- Appendix: Darwinian literature -- Index |
| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 445-455 |
| Subject |
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Biology.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution.
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Natural history.
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| Author |
Bates, Marston, 1906-1974.
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Humphrey, Philip S. (Philip Strong), 1926-2009.
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| LC no. |
56010201 |
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