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100 1 _aHuxley, Thomas Henry,
_d1825-1895
245 1 0 _aMan's Place in Nature, and Other Essays
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2012
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aEveryman's library, [no. 47]
500 _aRelease date is 2012-07-16
508 _aProduced by Pat McCoy, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries)
520 _a"Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays" by Thomas Henry Huxley is a collection of scientific essays written in the late 19th century. This work explores the biological connections between humans and other animals, particularly focusing on the man-like apes and the implications of evolution. Huxley's writing serves to educate readers on the complexities of human origins and the environment that shaped them, highlighting the struggle to understand our place within the natural world. The opening of this collection discusses the historical accounts of man-like apes, referencing early explorers and their observations of these creatures in the wild. Huxley introduces various accounts and speculations from the past about these animals, including their characteristics and behaviors. He reflects on past misconceptions and accolades of explorers, gradually weaving a narrative that emphasizes the importance of scientific inquiry in understanding human evolution and the relationships we share with our closest animal relatives. This sets the stage for deeper discussions on natural history, anatomy, and the broader implications of evolutionary biology throughout the rest of the essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHuman beings -- Origin
653 _aApes
653 _aEthnology
653 _aIndo-Europeans
700 1 _aLodge, Oliver, Sir,
_d1851-1940
830 0 _aEveryman's library, [no. 47]
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/40257
999 _c81096
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