The Descent of Man (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Charles Darwin
- First Published: 1871
- Type of Work: Science
- Genres: Nonfiction, Anthropology, Science and technology
- Subjects: Language or languages, Race, Sex or sexuality, Nature, Medicine, Evolution, Biology or biologists, Anatomy, Natural history, Tools
Critical Evaluation:
The firestorm of controversy that had followed the publication of On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection (1859) had died down considerably by the time Darwin decided to publish his book about the origin of the human species. Consistent with his meticulously detailed analysis of the origin of species within the animal kingdom, Darwin explains in The Descent of Man how the human animal too has evolved from lower forms. The impact of his pronouncement was somewhat blunted on his contemporaries because many had assumed these...
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