CONTENTS. V 



On the Disappearance of Spots and Stripes in Adult Quadrupeds. — 

 On the Colors and Ornaments of the Quadrumana. — Summary p. 261 



CHAPTER XIX. 



SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN. 



Differences "between Man and Woman. — Causes of such Differences and of 

 Certain Characters common to both Sexes. — Law of Battle. — Differ- 

 ences in Mental Powers — and Voice. — On the Influence of Beauty in 

 determining the Marriages of Mankind. — Attention paid by Savages 

 to Ornaments. — Their Ideas of Beauty in Woman. — The Tendency 

 to exaggerate each Natural Peculiarity .... 301 



CHAPTER XX. 



SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS «OF MAN — Continued- 



On the Effects of the Continued Selection of Women ac3ording to a 

 Different Standard of Beauty in each Pace. — On the Causes which 

 interfere with Sexual Selection in Civilized and Savag3 Nations. — 

 Conditions favorable to Sexual Selection during Primeval Times. — On 

 the Manner of Action of Sexual Selection with Mankind. — On the 

 Women in Savage Tribes having some Power to cboose their Hus- 

 bands. — Absence of Hair on the Body, and Development of the Beard. 

 —Color of the Skin. — Summary ..... 339 



CHAPTER XXI. 



GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONCLUSION. 



Main Conclusion that Man is descended from some Lower Form. — Man- 

 ner of Development. — Genealogy of Man. — Intellectual and Moral 

 Faculties. — Sexual Selection. — Concluding Remarks . . 368 



