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CONTENTS. | |
| Introduction | Page 1-5 |
PART I. | |
ON THE DESCENT OF MAN | |
| CHAPTER I. | |
| The Evidence of the Descent of man from someLower form. | |
| Nature of the evidence bearing on the origin of man—Homologousstructures in man and the lower animals—Miscellaneous pointsof correspondence—Development—Rudimentary structures,muscles, sense-organs, hair, bones, reproductive organs, &c.—Thebearing of these three great classes of facts on the origin ofman | 9-33 |
| CHAPTER II. | |
| Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and theLower Animals. | |
| The difference in mental power between the highest ape and thelowest savage, immense—Certain instincts in common—Theemotions—Curiosity—Imitation—Attention—Memory—Imagination—Reason—Progressiveimprovement—Tools andweapons used by animals—Language—Self-consciousness—Senseof beauty—Belief in God ... BU KİTABI OKUMAK İÇİN ÜYE OLUN VEYA GİRİŞ YAPIN!Sitemize Üyelik ÜCRETSİZDİR! | |