The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex (The Folio Society)

London: The Folio Society, 2006. 5th Printing. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 0x0x0. 2008 5th printing (Ford-Smith, Folio 76 #1431). Includes publisher's slipcase. Minor blemishes to slipcase, embossed owner stamp on half-title page, otherwise an excellent copy. 2006 Hard Cover. xlvii, 727 pp. Includes four sections of color and black-and-white reproductions of illustrations, new introduction by Richard Dawkins. Darwin's classic work on natural selection, genes, and species. The work was first published in the UK in 1871, and subsequently in two volumes in the US in 1872. The second edition was revised, and converted to a single-volume edition. The Descent of Man, Darwin's second landmark work on evolutionary theory (following The Origin of the Species), marked a turning point in the history of science with its modern vision of human nature as the product of evolution. Darwin argued that the noblest features of humans, such as language and morality, were the result of the same natural processes that produced iris petals and scorpion tails. (Inventory #: 2349893)