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Show viii CONTENTS OF VOL Il. CHAP'J.1ER XX. SECONDARY SEXUAL CIIARACTERS OF MAN-contimtcrl. On the efTects of the continued selection of women according to a difTerent standard of beauty in each race- On the causes which interfere with sexual selection in civilised and savage nations -Conditions favourable to sexual selection during primeval times- On the manner of action of sexual selection with mankind -On the women in savage tribes having some power to choose their husbands- Absence of hair on the body, and development of the beard- Colour of the skin- Summary 355-384 CHAPTER XXI. GENERAL Su111MARY AND CoNcLUSION. Main conclusion that man is descended from some lower formManner of development- Genealogy of man-In tellcctual and moral faculti~s-Sexual selection-Concluding remarks 385-405 INDEX •• 40() POSTSCRIPT. VoL. I. pp. 297-299.-I have fallen into a serious and unfortuna1 e error, in relation to the sexual differences of animals, in attempting to explain what seemed to me a 1:;ingular coincidence in the late period of life at whieh the neces.'ary variations have arisen in many <·ases, and the late period at which sexual selection acts 'rhe explanation given is wholly erroneous, as I have discovered by working out an illustration in figures. Moreover, the 1:iupposed. eoineidence of period is far from general, and is not remarkable ; for, as I have elsewhere attempted to show, variations arising early in life have often been accumulated through sexual selection, being t hen commonly transmitted to both sexes. On the other hand, variations arising late in life cannot jail to coincide approximately in period with that of the process of sexual selection. Allusions to these erroneous views reappear in Vol. II. pp. lGl a,ncl 237. |