The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by British naturalist Charles Darwin was first published in 1871. It is seen as a sister book to Darwin's original work The Origin of Species. Despite its title, it contains about 1/3 human origins (now very much out of date, see human evolution) and about 2/3 elaborating on sexual selection that Darwin had first proposed in The Origin of Species.
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 | Topics relating to Charles Darwin |
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| Family: Erasmus Darwin (grandfather) - Josiah Wedgwood (maternal grandfather) - Emma Darwin (wife) - William Darwin; Anne Darwin; Etty Darwin; George Darwin; Elizabeth Darwin; Francis Darwin; Leonard Darwin; Horace Darwin; Charles Waring Darwin (children) - Francis Galton (cousin) | |
| Contributions to evolutionary biology: Evolution by means of natural and sexual selection. | |
| Books: The Voyage of the Beagle - The Origin of Species - The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex | |
| Named in honour of Darwin: Darwin Medal - Darwin, Australia - Charles Darwin University, Darwin College, Cambridge |