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Darwinism (1889)

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DARWINISM APPLIED TO MAN General identity of human and animal structure--Rudiments and variations showing relation of man to other mammals--The embryonic development of man and other mammalia--Diseases common to man and the lower animals--The animals most nearly allied to man--The brains of man and apes--External differences of man and apes--Summary of the animal characteristics of man--The geological antiquity of man--The probable birthplace of man--The origin of the moral and intellectual nature of man--The argument from continuity--The origin of the mathematical faculty--The origin of the musical and artistic faculties--Independent proof that these faculties have not been developed by natural selection--The interpretation of the facts--Concluding remarks LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR MAP SHOWING THE 1000-FATHOM LINE 1.

DIAGRAM OF VARIATIONS OF LACERTA MURALIS 2.

" VARIATION OF LIZARDS 3.

" VARIATION OF WINGS AND TAIL OF BIRDS 4.

" VARIATION OF DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS 5.


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