The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex (1874) (20246526573)
Summary
Title: The descent of man, and selection in relation to sex
Identifier: descentofmansele1874darw (find matches)
Year: 1874 (1870s)
Authors: Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
Subjects: Evolution; Natural selection; Heredity; Human beings; Sexual selection in animals; Sexual dimorphism (Animals); Sex differences
Publisher: New York : A. L. Burt
Contributing Library: Harold B. Lee Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University
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Fig. 78. Head of Semnopithecus comatus. Fig. 74. Head of Cebus capucinua
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Pig. 75. Head of Ateles marginatus Head of Cebus vellerosus. With many of the Quadrumana, we have additional evi- dence of the action of sexual selection in the greater size and strength of the males, and in the greater development of their canine teeth, in comparison with the females. A few instances will suflBce of the strange manner in which both sexes of some species are colored and of the beauty of others. The face of the Cercopithecus petaurista