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garded by Savages. — The Self-regarding Virtues acquired at a Later 

 Stage of Development. — The Importance of the Judgment of the 

 Members of the same Community on Conduct. — Transmission of 

 Moral Tendencies. — Summary, page 67 



CHAPTER IV. 



ON THE MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER FORM. 



Variability of Body and Mind in Man. — Inheritance. — Causes of Varia- 

 bility. — Laws of Variation the same in Man as in the Lower Animals. 

 — Direct Action of the Conditions of Life. — Effects of the Increased 

 Use and Disuse of Parts. — Arrested Development. — Eeversion. — Cor- 

 related Variation. — Eate of Increase. — Checks to Increase. — Natural 

 Selection. — Man the most Dominant Animal in the World. — Impor- 

 tance of his Corporeal Structure. — The Causes which have led to his 

 becoming erect. — Consequent Changes of Structure. — Decrease in 

 Size of the Canine Teeth. — Increased Size and Altered Shape of the 

 Skull. — Nakedness. — Absence of a Tail. — Defenceless Condition of 

 Man, p. 103 



CHAPTEE V. 



ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FACULTIES 

 DURING PRIMEVAL AND CIVILIZED TIMES. 



The Advancement of the Intellectual Powers through Natural Selection. — 

 Importance of Imitation. — Social and Moral Faculties. — Their Develop- 

 ment within the Limits of the same Tribe. — Natural Selection as af- 

 fecting Civilized Nations. — Evidence that Civilized Nations were once 

 barbarous, p. 152 



CHAPTEE VI. 



ON THE AFFINITIES AND GENEALOGY OF MAN. 



Position of Man in the Animal Series. — The Natural System genealogical. 

 — Adaptive Characters of Slight Value. — Various Small Points of Ee- 

 semblance between Man and the Quadrumana. — Eank of Man in tho 

 Natural System. — Birthplace and Antiquity of Man. — Absence of 

 Fossil Connecting-links. — Lower Stages in the Genealogy of Man, as 

 inferred, firstly from his Affinities and secondly from his Structure. — 

 Early Androgynous Condition of the Vertebrata. — Conclusion, p. 178 



