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Descent of Man

Paperback • 1997 • English

Descent of Man

By Charles Darwin

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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 ancestry to the two African "pongids," or anthropoid apes (chimpanzees and gorillas). Further, Darwin held that our species and these two pongids differ merely in degree rather than in kind - a controversial view that contradicted religious doctrine. The ...Show more

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9781573921763

Publisher

Globe Pequot Publishing

Published year

1997

Language

English

Original title

Descent of Man

Format

Paperback

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