CONTENTS. V 



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

 On the Colors and Oruauients of the Quudrumanu. — Summary p. 261 



CHAPTER XIX. 



SECONDARY SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN. 



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

 Certain Churac-ters common to both Sexes. — Law of Buttle. — Differ- 

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

 detL'rmininj» the Marriufres of Mankind. — Attention paid by Savages 

 to Ornaments. — Tliuir Iduas of Beauty in Woman. — The Tendency 

 to CKaggerate each Natural Peculiarity .... 301 



CHAPTER XX. 



SECONDARY SEXCAL CHARACTERS OF MAN Continued. 



On tlio Effects of the Continued Selection of "Women according to a 

 Difft-n-nt Standard of Beauty in each Race. — On the Causes which 

 iiitcrfc-re with Sexual Selection in Civilized and Savage 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 choose their Hus- 

 bands. — Absence of Hair on the Body, a^d 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 Dcvehipment. — Genealogy of Man. — Intellectual and Moral 

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



