The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
Darwin challenges confident claims that human origins cannot be investigated and distinguishes unreliable facts from hypotheses open to correction. Read both passages as parts of a historical scientific argument.
Who it suits
Readers interested in knowledge, doubt, observation.
Reading experience
Demanding; historical scientific terminology and obsolete racial hierarchies. This is an Edsverb editorial guide, not a measured reading score.
The edition
- Edition
- English electronic edition; Project Gutenberg eBook 2300; English original; underlying print publisher unspecified; catalogue HTML ISBN
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9798238023007
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