The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin

The Descent of Man

Charles Darwin

698 pages first pub 1871 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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In The Descent of Man (1871, 1874) Charles Darwin (1809-1882) focused special attention on the origin and history of our own species, a subject he had avoided in his previous writings on evolution. He claimed that the human animal is closest in an...

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