The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

by Charles Darwin

First published 1871

Contents

1. Preface to the Second Edition
2. Introduction
3. Chapter I: The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form
4. Chapter II: On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form
5. Chapter III: Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals
6. Chapter IV: Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals—Continued
7. Chapter V: On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties During Primeval and Civilised Times
8. Chapter VI: On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man
9. Chapter VII: On the Races of Man
10. Chapter VIII: Principles of Sexual Selection
11. Chapter IX: Secondary Sexual Characters in the Lower Classes of the Animal Kingdom
12. Chapter X: Secondary Sexual Characters of Insects
13. Chapter XI: Insects, Continued. Order Lepidoptera. (Butterflies and Moths.)
14. Chapter XII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Fishes, Amphibians, and Reptiles
15. Chapter XIII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Birds
16. Chapter XIV: Birds—Continued
17. Chapter XV: Birds—Continued
18. Chapter XVI: Birds—Concluded
19. Chapter XVII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals
20. Chapter XVIII: Secondary Sexual Characters of Mammals—Continued
21. Chapter XIX: Secondary Sexual Characters of Man
22. Chapter XX: Secondary Sexual Characters of Man—Continued
23. Chapter XXI: General a Summary and Conclusion
24. Index