About this title: THE DESCENT OF MAN (1871) looks at the emergence of humans in terms of primate evolution. Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focuses on the origin and history of our own species, claiming that humans are closest in ancestry to African chimpanzees and gorillas. Darwin presents a strictly mechanistic and materialistic interpretation of the human animal that ...
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Edition: Hardcover
Binding: Good
Publisher: Collier, New York
Date Published: 1900
Description: Drawings & Reproductions. Good. No Jacket. Hardcover Science Science: Darwin's famous treatise as part of the "Library of Universal Literature, " in good condition for its age. read more
Description: Very good. No dust jacket as issued. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 730 p. Contains: Illustrations. Great Minds Series. Audience: General/trade. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Prometheus Books
Date Published: 1997-12
ISBN-13:9781573921763ISBN:1573921769
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 2007-11-27
ISBN-13:9780452288881ISBN:0452288886
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Plume
Date Published: 2007
ISBN-13:9780452288881ISBN:0452288886
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Watts & Co.
Date Published: 1930
Description: Fair. Thinker's Library No. 12. Good sound copy, pages clean and bright. Lovely illustrated boards with discoloured spine and a small patch of surface damage on the back cover. No dust jacket. First class daily dispatch from Devon. read more
Description: Used: Good. Hardcover in burgundy cloth, gilt titles; 2nd edition; publisher: H. M. Caldwell; no date; preface dated 1874; no dust jacket; top edge gilt; pages clean, tight, unmarked, a bit darkened; binding sound and square; light rubbing at corners and spine-ends; about 30 pages in the middle of the book are creased at the top fore-edge corner from a bump; on its way to you the same or next day in bubblewrap; email confirmation; standard mail takes 4-14 days; priority mail takes 2-5 days; ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Digireads. com
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781420933994ISBN:142093399X
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Digireads. com
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9781420933994ISBN:142093399X
Description: BRAND NEW PAPERBACK. 5.98 by 9 inches. This book is printed on demand [allow 1-2 weeks for printing]. (00496 pages) lang=english accessory: no accessory (Paperback ) read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New York: The Heritage Press, 1972
Description: Slipcased Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. Some loss of color in page edges at top spine. Inside of slipcase is some discoloration, does not intrude onto book. read more
"This book is certainly less discussed than Darwin's most famous work, but I think that its value is often overlooked. It offers us not so greatly an accurate view of the evolution of Homo sapiens, but rather an interesting chance to analyse the perspectives and teachings of the day, and what they can teach us about how much we think we know about palæoanthropology. I find this fascinating: the nature of historical fact and our perspective on the way in which it is interpreted. Many of the things that Darwin says would be to-day read as racist, but to-day, in our (more) equal treatment of race, we avoid calling the bushmen lower men or savages. I personally don't see either term as correct. Surely I believe that race is superficial, but racist or non-racist opinions have profound effects upon the perception of reality, history, and social sciences. Read it."
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