Darwin From Descent of Man To Emotions

Darwin From Descent Of Man To Emotions

The life and work of Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions during the period from 1868 to 1872 continued with aspects of Charles Darwin's intended "Big Book" on evolution through natural selection. He had by then hurriedly published an "abstract" of this work as On the Origin of Species in 1859, and following the immediate reaction to Darwin's theory the work of Darwin from Orchids to Variation had included showing the utility of the flowers of Orchids in directing insect pollination to achieve cross fertilisation, and a summing up of thirteen years of experiments in The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication which went on sale on 30 January 1868. He now published his ideas on human evolution and on how beautiful but apparently impractical features could have evolved in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. After revising The Origin of Species as the definitive 6th edition, his major works on species culminated in The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals.

This period was followed by the life and work of Darwin from Insectivorous Plants to Worms.

Read more about Darwin From Descent Of Man To Emotions:  Family and Research, Descent of Man, 6th Edition of The Origin, Emotions, New Edition of The Descent of Man

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