Mental Evolution in Man by George John Romanes
George John Romanes (1848 94) was considered by The Times to be 'the biological investigator upon whom in England the mantle of Mr. Darwin has most conspicuously descended'. Incorporating some of Darwin's unpublished notes, this book explores the question of whether human intelligence evolved. In a stance still often considered controversial at the time of its first printing in 1888, the first half establishes a link between humans and animals, and introduces some of the most important issues of nineteenth-century evolutionary psychology: the impact of relative brain sizes of humans and primates, the origin of self-consciousness and the possible reasons behind the apparent mental stasis of what Romanes terms 'savage man'. Following the argument that one of the main factors to be considered is language, the second half focuses on philology. Romanes' earlier work, Mental Evolution in Animals (1883), is also reissued in this series.-
The Origin of Species
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The Power of Movement in Plants
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The Effects of Cross and Self Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom
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The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species
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The Variation of Animals and Plants under Domestication
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On the Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants
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Le monde avant la creation de l'homme
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Problems of Genetics
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Darwin, and after Darwin
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Journal of Researches into the Natural History and Geology of the Countries Visited during the Voyage of HMS Beagle round the World, under the Command of Capt. Fitz Roy, R.N.
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Mental Evolution in Animals
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The Life and Letters of George John Romanes
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Philosophie zoologique
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Zoological Philosophy
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Materials for the Study of Variation
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Erasmus Darwin
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Darwiniana
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin
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Journal of Researches into the Geology and Natural History of the Various Countries visited by H. M. S. Beagle
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Catalogue of the Library of Charles Darwin now in the Botany School, Cambridge
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The Metaphysics of Evolution
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The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals
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Darwinism
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Emma Darwin, Wife of Charles Darwin
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The Geological Evidences of the Antiquity of Man
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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex
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The Foundation of the Origin of Species
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Life and Habit
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Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection
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Lay Sermons, Addresses and Reviews
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Footprints of the Creator
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On the Genesis of Species
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Insectivorous Plants
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Evidence as to Man's Place in Nature
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The Coming of Evolution
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William Bateson, Naturalist
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Essays upon some Controverted Questions
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Darwin and Modern Science
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Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation
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The Life and Letters of Charles Darwin: Volume 1
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Essay on the Theory of the Earth
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On the Various Contrivances by Which British and Foreign Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
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Elemente der exakten Erblichkeitslehre
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Facts and Arguments for Darwin
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| ISBN 13 | 9781108037976 |
| ISBN 10 | 1108037976 |
| Title | Mental Evolution in Man |
| Author | George John Romanes |
| Series | Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin Evolution And Genetics |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2011-10-20 |
| Number of pages | 472 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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