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The Descent of Man
by Charles Darwin
Printed in the United States of America - 1875
The Origin of Species was Darwin's ground
breaking book in which he published his theory of evolution and natural
selection, however it was in The Descent of Man
that Darwin specifically discussed the evolution of man from a "lower"
animal ancestor. It was in The Descent of Man
that Darwin made the earth shaking statement: "He who is not content
to look, like a savage, at the phenomena of nature as disconnected,
cannot any longer believe that man is the work of a separate act of
creation."
The book presented below is the revised second edition of
The Descent of Man, which was first published in 1871. The second
edition contains pictures, additions and revisions to the first
addition. In this book Darwin focuses on the role of sexual selection in
the process of evolution and speciation and the role of sexual selection
in relation to the development of human society.
The Descent of Man
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