DARWIN, La Descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle, 1872
DARWIN, Charles.
La Descendance de l'homme et la sélection sexuelle.
Paris, Reinwald, 1873.
Two volumes 8vo (230x140 mm), (4)-xv-466-(2)-20 pages / (4)-iii-507 pages. binding : Publisher full cloth, flat spine. Binding slightly rubbed. Foxings.
Second edition in French.
This book is Darwin's second major work on the theory of evolution and follows "On the Origin of Species" published in 1859. In it, he describes the application of his theory to human evolution and clarifies the theory of sexual selection.
references: Garrison [ 170, 227 (ed. 1871) : " This is really two works. The first demolished the theory that the universe was created for humans while in the second Darwin presented a mass of evidence in support of his earlier hypothesis regarding sexual selection. With respect to human origins, Darwin predicted that the ancestors of humanity would eventually be found in Africa, based on the extensive primate populations there. However, during the 19th and early 20th centuries paleoanthropologists focused their researches in Europe and Asia rather than Africa. This focus only gradually changed after Raymond Dart discovered Australopithecus africanus in 1924."].
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