Classics in the History of Psychology

An internet resource developed by
Christopher D. Green
York University, Toronto, Ontario

The Descent of Man (2nd ed.)
Charles Darwin (1874)

Originally published London: J. Murray.

Introduction
Chapter 1 The Evidence of the Descent of Man from Some Lower Form
Chapter 2 On the Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form
Chapter 3 Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals
Chapter 4 Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals (cont'd)
Chapter 5 On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties During Primeval and Civilised Times
Chapter 6 On the Affinities and Genealogy of Man
Chapter 7 On the Races of Man (including a "Note on the resemblances and differences in the structure and the development of the brain in man and apes" by T. H. Huxley)