num_pages: 219
description: In The Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin refused to discuss human evolution, believing the subject to be 'surrounded with prejudices'. He had been reworking his notes since the 1830s, but only with trepidation did he finally publish The Descent of Man in 1871. The book notoriously put apes in our family tree and made the races one family, diversified by 'sexual selection' - Darwin's provocative theory that female choice among competing males leads to diverging racial characteristics. Named by Sigmund Freud as 'one of the ten most significant books' ever written, Darwin's Descent of Man continues to shape the way we think about what it is that makes us uniquely human.
language: English
title: Descent of Man
titlecomplete: Descent of Man
genres: American, Comedy, The United States Of America, Short Stories, Humor, Short Story Collection, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Fiction, Modern
ratings_count: 733
publisher: McGraw-Hill