CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



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of man — Absence of fossil connecting-links — Lower stages in 

 the genealogy of man, as inferred, firstly from his affinities and 

 secondly from bis structure — Early androgynous condition of 

 the Vertebrata — Conclusion .. ..... .. Page 185-213 



CHAPTER VII. 



Ox THE 1'vACES OF MAN. 



The nature and value of specific characters — Application to the races 

 of man — Arguments in favour of, and opposed to, ranking the 

 so-called races of man as distinct species — Sub-species — Mono- 

 genists and polygenists — Convergence of character — Numerous 

 points of resemblance in body and mind between the most distinct 

 races of man — The state of man when he first spread over the 

 earth — Each race not descended from a single pair — The ex- 

 tinction of races — The formation of races — The effects of cross- 

 ing—Slight influence of the direct action of the conditions of life 

 — Slight or no influence of natural selection — Sexual selection 



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PART II. 



SEXUAL SELECTION. 



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CHAPTER VIII. 



Principles of Sexual Selection. 





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Secondary sexual characters — Sexual selection — Manner of action 

 — Excess of males — Polygamy — The male alone generally 

 modified through sexual selection — Eagerness of the male — 

 Variability of the male — Choice exerted by the female — Sexual 

 compared with natural selection — Inheritance at corresponding 

 periods of life, at corresponding seasons of the year, and as limited 

 by sex — Relations between the several forms of inheritance — 

 Causes why one sex and the young are not modified through 

 sexual selection — Supplement on the proportional numbers of 

 the two sexes throughout the animal kingdom — On the limita- 

 tation of the numbers of the two sexes through natural selection 



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