DARWINISM AND 

 HUMAN LIFE 



THE SOUTH AFRICAN LECTURES FOR 1909 



J. ARTHUR THOMSON, M.A. 



Regius Professor of Natural History in the University of Aberdeen 



AUTHOR OF "the STUDY OF ANIMAL LIFE," "THE 30IEN0E OP LIFE," 

 "OUTLINES OF ZOOLOQT," "THE NATURAL HISTORY OF THE YEAR," 

 "THE PROGRESS OF SOIBNOE IN THE CENTURY," "HERBERT SPENCER," 

 "HEREDITY," "THE BIBLE OP NATURE," ETC.; JOINT AUTHOR OP 

 " THE EVOLUTION OP SEX," 



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