The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex - Definition and Overview

The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex by British naturalist Charles Darwin was first published in 1871. It is seen as a sister book to Darwin's original work The Origin of Species. Despite its title, it contains about 1/3 human origins (now very much out of date, see human evolution) and about 2/3 elaborating on sexual selection that Darwin had first proposed in The Origin of Species.

External links

• Free eBook of The Descent of Man (http://www.gutenberg.org/etext/2300) at Project Gutenberg
• The Descent of Man (http://charles-darwin.classic-literature.co.uk/the-descent-of-man/) Full Text.
• The text (http://www.darwin-literature.com/The_Descent_Of_Man/index.html)