- Evolution, Evolution (Biology), Genetics, Heredity
The Descent of Man, Darwin's second landmark work on evolutionary theory (following The Origin of the Species), marked a turning point in the history of science with its modern vision of human nature as the product of evolution.
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- Author
- Charles Darwin
- First published
- 1871
- Pages
- 693
- Publisher
- E. Lloyd, Penguin Classics, A. Bonniers Förlag
- Editions
- 52
- Language
- French, Swedish, rum, English
- ISBN
- 9780827421653
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“HE who wishes to decide whether man is the modified descendant of some pre-existing form, would probably first enquire whether man varies, however slightly, in bodily structure and in mental faculties; and if so, whether the variations are transmitted to his offspring in accordance with the laws which prevail with the lower animals; such as that of the transmission of characters to the same age or sex.”
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