Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. List of Plates vii
4. Preface ix
5. Acknowledgments xi
6. Introduction xiii
7. PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION 1
8. TABLE of the PRINCIPAL ADDITIONS AND CORRECTIONS TO THE PRESENT EDITION 7
9. CONTENT 11
10. Introduction of the book 17
11. PART I. THE DESCENT OR ORIGIN OF MAN
12. CHAPTER I. The Evidence of the Descent of Man from some Lower Form 21
13. CHAPTER II. On the Manner of Development of Man from some Lower Form 42
14. CHAPTER III. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals 81
15. CHAPTER IV. Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals—continued 113
16. CHAPTER V. On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties during Primeval and Civilised Times 143
17. CHAPTER VI. On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man 162
18. CHAPTER VII. On the Races of Man 182
19. Part II. SEXUAL SELECTION
20. CHAPTER VIII. Principles of Sexual Selection 223
21. CHAPTER IX. Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom 276
22. CHAPTER X. Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects 290
23. CHAPTER XI. Insects, continued.—Order Lepidoptera. (butterflies and moths.) 323
24. CHAPTER XII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles 346
25. CHAPTER XIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds 374
26. CHAPTER XIV. Birds—continued 420
27. CHAPTER XV. Birds—continued 460
28. CHAPTER XVI. Birds—concluded 479
29. CHAPTER XVII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals 516
30. CHAPTER XVIII. Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals—continued 541
31. Part III. SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN, and conclusion
32. CHAPTER XIX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man 572
33. CHAPTER XX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man—continued 601
34. CHAPTER XXI. General Summary and Conclusion 622
35. SUPPLEMENTAL NOTE 636
36. INDEX 641
37. NOTES 711
38. BIBLIOGRAPHY 737
39. A NOTE ON THE TYPE 769