title: The Descent of Man: The Concise Edition
author:  Charles Darwin 
description: [Darwins] second great book . . . An intellectually daring feat. <b>Richard O. Prum, in <i>The Evolution of Beauty</i></b>
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  #### The Descent of Man
  
  
  Preface to the Second Edition
  
  Introduction
  
  [CHAPTER I. THE EVIDENCE OF THE DESCENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER
  FORM](The%20Descent%20of%20Man%20and%20Selectio_split_001.html#filepos16575)
  
  [CHAPTER II. ON THE MANNER OF DEVELOPMENT OF MAN FROM SOME LOWER
  FORM](The%20Descent%20of%20Man%20and%20Selectio_split_001.html#filepos71810)
  
  [CHAPTER III. COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER
  ANIMALS](The%20Descent%20of%20Man%20and%20Selectio_split_002.html#filepos183023)
  
  [CHAPTER IV. COMPARISON OF THE MENTAL POWERS OF MAN AND THE LOWER ANIMALS--
  continued](The%20Descent%20of%20Man%20and%20Selectio_split_002.html#filepos272344)
  
  [CHAPTER V. ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL FACULTIES DURING
  PRIMEVAL
  
  
  AND CIVILISED TIMES
  
  [CHAPTER VI. ON THE AFFINITIES AND GENEALOGY OF
  MAN](The%20Descent%20of%20Man%20and%20Selectio_split_003.html#filepos409744)
  
  [CHAPTER VII. ON THE RACES OF
  MAN](The%20De