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    Darwinism Applied to Man
    Darwinism Applied to Man
    Darwinism Applied to Man
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    Darwinism Applied to Man

    By Alfred Russel Wallace

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    This early work by Alfred Russel Wallace was originally published in 1889 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. 'Darwinism Applied to Man' contains an account of of the general identity of human and animal structure, diseases common to man and other animals, summary of the animal characteristics of man, and other aspects of evolutionary theory. Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales. Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. Wallace made a huge contribution to the natural sciences and he will continue to be remembered as one of the key figures in the development of evolutionary theory.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWhite Press
    Release dateMay 25, 2016
    ISBN9781473362314
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      Darwinism Applied to Man - Alfred Russel Wallace

      Darwinism Applied to Man

      (1889)

      BY

      Alfred Russel Wallace

      Copyright © 2016 Read Books Ltd.

      This book is copyright and may not be

      reproduced or copied in any way without

      the express permission of the publisher in writing

      British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

      A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library

      Contents

      Darwinism Applied to Man

      Rudiments and Variations as Indicating the 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 Origin of the Mathematical Faculty.

      The Origin of the Musical and Artistic Faculties.

      Independent Proof that the Mathematical, Musical, and Artistic Faculties have not been Developed under the Law of Natural Selection.

      The Interpretation of the Facts.

      Concluding Remarks.

      Alfred Russel Wallace

      Alfred Russel Wallace was born on 8th January 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc, in Monmouthshire, Wales.

      At the age of five, Wallace’s family moved to Hertford where he later enrolled at Hertford Grammar School. He was educated there until financial difficulties forced his family to withdraw him in 1836. He then boarded with his older brother John before becoming an apprentice to his eldest brother, William, a surveyor. He worked for William for six years until the business declined due to difficult economic conditions.

      After a brief period of unemployment, he was hired as a master at the Collegiate School in Leicester to teach drawing, map-making, and surveying. During this time he met the entomologist Henry Bates who inspired Wallace to begin collecting insects. He and bates continued exchanging letters after Wallace left teaching to pursue his surveying career. They corresponded on prominent works of the time such as Charles Darwin’s The Voyage of the Beagle (1839) and Robert Chamber’s Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation (1844).

      Wallace was inspired by the travelling naturalists of the day and decided to begin his exploration career collecting specimens in the Amazon rainforest. He explored the Rio Negra for four years, making notes on the peoples and languages he encountered as well as the geography, flora, and fauna. On his return voyage his ship, Helen, caught fire and he and the crew were stranded for ten days before being picked up by the Jordeson, a brig travelling from Cuba to London. All of his specimens aboard Helen had been lost.

      After a brief stay in England he embarked on a journey to the Malay Archipelago (now Singapore, Malaysia, and Indonesia). During this eight year period he collected more than 126,000 specimens, several thousand of which represented new species to science. While travelling, Wallace refined his thoughts about evolution and in 1858 he outlined his theory of natural selection in an article he sent to Charles Darwin. This was published in the same year along with Darwin’s own theory. Wallace eventually published an account of his travels The Malay Archipelago in 1869, and it became one of the most popular books of scientific exploration in the 19th century.

      Upon his return to England, in 1862, Wallace became a staunch defender of Darwin’s landmark work On the Origin of Species (1859). He wrote responses to those critical of the theory of natural selection, including ‘Remarks on the Rev. S. Haughton’s Paper on the Bee’s Cell, And on the Origin of Species’ (1863) and ‘Creation by Law’ (1867). The former of these was particularly pleasing to Darwin. Wallace also published important papers such as ‘The Origin of Human Races and the Antiquity of Man Deduced from the Theory of ‘Natural Selection’’ (1864) and books, including the much cited Darwinism (1889).

      Wallace made a huge contribution to

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