Chapter XV: Darwinism Applied to Man

General identity of human and animal structure--Rudiments and
variations showing relation of man to other mammals--The
embryonic development of man and other mammalia--Diseases common
to man and the lower animals--The animals most nearly allied to
man--The brains of man and apes--External differences of man and
apes--Summary of the animal characteristics of man--The
geological antiquity of man--The probable birthplace of man--The
origin of the moral and intellectual nature of man--The argument
from continuity--The origin of the mathematical faculty--The
origin of the musical and artistic faculties--Independent proof
that these faculties have not been developed by natural
selection--The interpretation of the facts--Concluding remarks

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PORTRAIT OF AUTHOR
MAP SHOWING THE 1000-FATHOM LINE
1. DIAGRAM OF VARIATIONS OF LACERTA MURALIS
2. " VARIATION OF LIZARDS
3. " VARIATION OF WINGS AND TAIL OF BIRDS
4. " VARIATION OF DOLICHONYX ORYZIVORUS
5. " VARIATION OF AGELAEUS PHOENICEUS
6. " VARIATION OF CARDINALIS VIRGINIANUS
7. " VARIATION OF TARSUS AND TOES
8. " VARIATION OF BIRDS IN LEYDEN MUSEUM
9. " VARIATION OF ICTERUS BALTIMORE
10. " VARIATION OF AGELAEUS PHOENICEUS
11. " CURVES OF VARIATION
12. " VARIATION OF CARDINALIS VIRGINIANUS
13. " VARIATION OF SCIURUS CAROLINENSIS
14. " VARIATION OF SKULLS OF WOLF
15. " VARIATION OF SKULLS OF URSUS LABIATUS
16. " VARIATION OF SKULLS OF SUS CRISTATUS
17. PRIMULA VERIS (Cowslip). From Darwin's _Forms of Flowers_
18. GAZELLA SOEMMERRINGI (to show recognition marks)
19. RECOGNITION MARKS OF AFRICAN PLOVERS
(from Seebohm's _Charadriadae_)
20. RECOGNITION OF OEDICNEMUS VERMICULATUS AND OE. SENEGALENSIS
(from Seebohm's _Charadriadae_)
21. RECOGNITION OF CURSORIUS CHALCOPTERUS AND C. GALLICUS
(from Seebohm's _Charadriadae_)
22. RECOGNITION OF SCOLOPAX MEGALA AND S. STENURA
(from Seebohm's _Charadriadae_)
23. METHONA PSIDII AND LEPTALIS ORISE
24. OPTHALMIS LINCEA AND ARTAXA SIMULANS
(from the Official _Narrative of the Voyage of the Challenger_)
25. WINGS OF ITUNA ILIONE AND THYRIDIA MEGISTO
(from _Proceedings of the Entomological Society_)
26. MYGNIMIA AVICULUS AND COLOBORHOMBUS FASCIATIPENNIS
27. MIMICKING INSECTS FROM THE PHILIPPINES
(from Semper's _Animal Life_)
28. MALVA SYLVESTRIS AND M. ROTUNDIFOLIA
(from Lubbock's _British Wild Flowers in Relation to Insects_)
29. LYTHRUM SALICARIA, THREE FORMS OF
(from Lubbock's _British Wild Flowers in Relation to Insects_)
30. ORCHIS PYRAMIDALIS (from Darwin's _Fertilisation of Orchids_)
31. HUMMING-BIRD FERTILISING MARCGRAVIA NEPENTHOIDES
32. DIAGRAM OF MEAN HEIGHT OF LAND AND DEPTH OF OCEANS
33. GEOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HORSE TRIBE
(from Huxley's _American Addresses_)
34. DIAGRAM ILLUSTRATING THE GEOLOGICAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLANTS
(from Ward's _Sketch of Palaeobotany_)
35. TRANSFORMATION OF ARTEMIA SALINA TO A. MILHAUSENII
(from Semper's _Animal Life_)
36. BRANCHIPUS STAGNALIS AND ARTEMIA SALINA
(from Semper's _Animal Life_)
37. CHIMPANZEE (TROGLODYTES NIGER)