Man's place in nature : and other anthropological essays.
Man's place in nature : and other anthropological essays.
By
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Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895.
Publication Date
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1896, 1894
Publication Information
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London : Macmillan,
Physical Description
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xii, 328 p. : ill.
Subject Term
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Human beings -- Origin.
Apes.
Ethnology.
Indo-Europeans.
Series
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HIS COLLECTED ESSAYS, V. 7
Summary
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Man's Place in Nature concurs with Darwin's assertion of the absence of a physiologic and psychic structural line of demarcation between humans and apes. Huxley ventures further than Darwin, however, by making the first attempt to apply the principles of evolution directly to the human race (an issue that Darwin skirted). Despite Huxley's acknowledgements of the wide gulf represented by the human capacity for rational speech and language, some Victorian readers were scandalized by the application of Darwinian theory to humans and by Huxley's evidence of the fundamental similarities between the human brain and the ape brain.A landmark of scientific progress, this immensely readable book reflects the stylistic gifts that made its author a popular public speaker.
Language
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English
General Note
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Reprint of the 1896 ed.
Library | Collection | Collection | Call Number |
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St. John's - A.C. Hunter | Adult NFic Prov Ref | Adult Non-Fiction Provincial Reference | 573 H98 |