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Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays
Thomas Henry Huxley · Everyman's Library collection, 1906
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About this work
Published eight years before The Descent of Man, Huxley's three essays on Man's Place in Nature argue from the anatomy of the great apes, from embryology, and from the then-new fossil human remains. This Everyman's edition adds several of his later essays.
- Author
- Thomas Henry Huxley
- Published
- 1863
- Edition
- Everyman's Library collection, 1906
- Written for
- General readers
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- Human Origins, Common Descent
Contents
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- s01Introductionabout 3,623 words
- s02I. On The Natural History Of Theabout 16,850 words
- s03II. On The Relations Of Man To Theabout 17,704 words
- s04III. On Some Fossil Remains Of Manabout 11,056 words
- s05IV. The Present Condition Of Organicabout 6,022 words
- s06V. The Past Condition Of Organicabout 6,238 words
- s07VI. The Method By Which The Causes Ofabout 7,697 words
- s08VII. The Perpetuation Of Living Beingsabout 6,080 words
- s09VIII. The Conditions Of Existence As Affectingabout 6,989 words
- s10IX. A Critical Examination Of The Position Of Mr. Darwin's Work, "on Theabout 6,587 words
- s11X. On The Educational Value Of Theabout 6,075 words
- s12XI. On The Persistent Types Of · XII. Time And Lifeabout 5,387 words
- s13XIII. Darwin On The Origin Of Speciesabout 13,878 words
- s14XIV. The Darwinian Hypothesisabout 5,144 words
- s15XV. A Lobster; Or, The Study Ofabout 7,577 words
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