{"product_id":"9780140436310","title":"The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cb\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/b\u003e, Charles Darwin refused to discuss human evolution, believing the subject too “surrounded with prejudices.” He had been reworking his notes since the 1830s, but only with trepidation did he finally publish The \u003cb\u003eDescent of Man\u003c\/b\u003e in 1871. The book notoriously put apes in our family tree and made the races one family, diversified by “sexual selection”—Darwin’s provocative theory that female choice among competing males leads to diverging racial characteristics. Though less well known than \u003cb\u003eThe Origin of Species\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eThe Descent of Man\u003c\/b\u003e continues to shape the way we think about what it is that makes us uniquely human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e First time in Penguin Classics\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Edited by the coauthors of the acclaimed biography \u003cb\u003eDarwin\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Includes Introduction, suggestions for further reading, chronology, biographical register, and index\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Reproduces the book's original illustrations and Darwin's own notes\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022644887792,"sku":"9780140436310","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780140436310_p0.jpg?v=1763642453","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780140436310","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}