The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
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CHAPTER XIX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man. Differences between man and woman--Causes of such differences, and of certain characters common to both sexes--Law of battle--Differences in mental powers, and voice--On the influence of beauty in determining the marriages of mankind--Attention paid by savages to ornaments--Their ideas of beauty in women--The tendency to exaggerate each natural peculiarity. CHAPTER XX. Secondary Sexual Characters of Man--continued. On the effects of the continued selection of women according to a different standard of beauty in each race--On the causes which interfere with sexual selection in civilised and savage nations--Conditions favourable to sexual selection during primeval times--On the manner of action of sexual selection with mankind--On the women in savage tribes having some power to choose their husbands--Absence of hair on the body, and development of the beard--Colour of the skin--Summary. CHAPTER XXI. General Summary and Conclusion. Main conclusion that man is descended from some lower form--Manner of |
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