What Is Man? 



By 



J. Arthur Thomson, M.A., LL.D. 



Professor of Natural History, University of Aberdeen 

 Editor of ** The Outline of Science " 



The proper study of mankind is Man, and this 

 bcok is an introduction to the study. It is written 

 mainly from the biological point of view, but 

 other aspects are not left unconsidered. It is not 

 a learned treatise, but an outline for the general 

 reader who wishes to know how modern Science 

 regards Man. It presents many facts in a new 

 light, in a fresh setting, and there is throughout a 

 note of meliorism, if not of optimism. The ten 

 chapters deal with the following subjects: — Man's 

 Pedigree, Primitive Man, the Evolution of the 

 Human Mind, Man as a Social Person, Human 

 Behavior and Conduct, Variability and Inertia, 

 Sifting and Winnowing in Mankind, the Contact 

 and Conflict of Races, Shadows and Disharmonies, 

 and Possibilities of further Evolution. It ends 

 with the question; What is Man not > 



G. P. Putnam's Sons 



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