Description |
xiii, 278 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : 1 illustration, portraits ; 22cm |
Contents |
Part 1. The dancers in the ring: Charles Darwin - Alfred Russel Wallace - Charles Lyell - Charles Darwin, Edward Blyth and the theory of natural selection - Darwin, Coleridge, and the theory of unconscious creation - Part 2. The documentary evidence: The varieties of animals - Seasonal and other changes in birds - Psychological distinctions between man and other animals - Part 3. The forgotten parent: Edward Blyth - Part 4. The evolution of man: Neanderthal Man and the dawn of human paleontology - The intellectual antecedents of The Descent of Man |
Analysis |
Organisms Evolution Natural selection Theories of Darwin, Charles Formulation |
Notes |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Evolution -- History.
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Natural selection -- History.
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Naturalists -- England -- Biography.
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Biological Evolution -- history
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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ISBN |
0460044710 |
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