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CONTENTSplained by Natural Selection Adaptation brought about by GeneralLaws Beauty in Nature How New Forms are produced by Variationand Selection The Objection that there are Limits to VariationObjection to the Argument from Classification The Times onNatural Selection Intermediate or generalised Forms of ExtinctAnimals an indication of Transmutation or Development ConclusionA Demonstration of the Origin of Species by Natural SelectionPages 141-166VIII.THE DEVELOPMENT OF HUMAN KACES UNDER THE LAWOF NATURAL SELECTION"Wide differences of Opinion as to Man's Origin Outline of the Theoryof Natural Selection Different Effects of Natural Selection onAnimals and on Man Influence of External Nature in the developmentof the Human Mind Extinction of Lower Races The Originof the Races of Man The Bearing of these Views on the Antiquityof Man Their Bearing on the Dignity and Supremacy of ManTheir Bearing on the future Development of Man Summary Conclusion167-185IX.THE LIMITS OF NATURAL SELECTION AS APPLIED TO MANWhat Natural Selection can Not do The Brain of the Savage shownto be Larger than he Needs it to be Size of Brain an importantElement of Mental Power Comparison of the Brains of Man and ofAnthropoid Apes Range of Intellectual Power in Man Intellect ofSavages and of Animals compared The use of the Hairy Coveringof Mammalia The Constant Absence of Hair from certain parts ofMan's body a remarkable Phenomenon Savage Man feels the wantof this Hairy Covering Man's Naked Skin could not have been producedby Natural Selection Feet and Hands of Man considered asDifficulties on the Theory of Natural Selection The Voice of ManThe Origin of some of Man's Mental Faculties, by the preservationof Useful Variations, not possible Difficulty as to the Origin of theMoral Sense Summary of the Argument as to the Insufficiency ofNatural Selection to account for the Development of Man TheOrigin of Consciousness The Nature of Matter Matter is ForceAll Force is probably Will-force Conclusion . . 186-214