The descent of man and selection in relation to sex / by Charles Darwin.

  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Date:
1889
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    case of the female being more ornamented than the male— Colour and ornaments due to sexual selection—Colour acquired for the sake of protection—Colour, though common to both sexes, often due to sexual selection—On the disappearance of spots and stripes in adult quadrupeds—On the colours and orna- ments of the Quadrumana—Summary . . . ^25 PAET III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, AND CONCLUSION. CHAPTER XIX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man Differences between man and woman—Causes of such differences, and of certain characters common to both sexes—Law of battle —Differences in mental powers, and voice—On the influence of beauty in determining the marriages of mankind—Attention paid by savages to ornaments—Their ideas of beauty in woman —The tendency to exaggerate each natural peculiarity . 556 CHAPTER XX. Secondary Sexual Characters cf Man—continued. On the effects of the continued selection of women according to a different standard of beauty in each race—On the causes which interfere with sexual selection in civilised and savage nations —Conditions favourable to sexual selection during primeval times—On the manner of action of sexual selection with man- kind—On the women in savage tribes having some power to choose their husbands—Absence of hair on the body, and development of the beard—Colour of the skin—Summary . 585 CHAPTER XXI. General Summary and Conclusion. Main conclusion that man is descended from some lower form— Manner of development—Genealogy of man—Intellectual and moral faculties—Sexual selection—Concluding remarks . 60,; Supplemental Note , ^.c\ Index G25