Man's Place in Nature, 1863 / Edition 1

by Thomas Henry Huxley

Overview

Huxley was one of the first adherents to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection and advanced its acceptance by scientists and the public. Man's Place in Nature was explicitly directed against Richard Owen, who had claimed that there were distinct differences between human brains and those of apes. Huxley demonstrated that ape and human brains were fundamentally similar in every anatomical detail, thus applying evolution to the human race.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780415289290
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	11/27/2003
Series:	The Evolution Debate, 1813-1870 Series
Edition description:	FAC
Pages:	174
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Thomas Henry Huxley

Table of Contents

Introduction to volume VII, I. On the natural history of the man-like apes., II On the relations of man to the lower animals., III On some fossil remains of man.