16 CONTENTS 



PAET III 

 SEXUAL SELECTION IN RELATION TO MAN 



AND GONGLUSION 



CHAPTER XIX 



BEOONDAET SEXUAL CHARACTERS OF MAN 



Differences between man and -woman — Causes of such differences and of 

 certain characters common to both sexes — Law of battle — Differences 

 in mental powers, and voice — On the influence of beauty in determin- 

 ing the marriages of mankind — Attenljon paid by savages to ornaments 

 — Their ideas of beauty in woman — The tendency to exaggerate each 

 natural peculiarity 1\Q 



CHAPTER XX 



SECONDARY SEXUAL OHARAOTBRS OP MAN — Continued 



On the effects of the continued selection of women according to a different 

 standard of beauty in each race — On the causes which interfere 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 husbands — Absence of hair on the body, 

 and development of the beard — Color of the skin — Summary . . 163 



CHAPTER XXI 



GENERAL SUMMARY AND CONOLUSION 



Main conclusion that man is descended from some lower form — Manner 

 of development — Genealogy of man — Intellectual and moral faculties 

 — Sexual selection — Concluding remarks ..... 180 



Index , . „ , 799 



