Mental Evolution in Animals

With a Posthumous Essay on Instinct by Charles Darwin

By:

George John Romanes

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

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George John Romanes (1848–94), considered by The Times to be 'the biological investigator upon whom in England the mantle of Mr. Darwin has most conspicuously descended', wrote this influential work on the evolution of the mental faculties of animals in 1883. The two scientists were close friends, and Darwin gave Romanes his notes on psychology to use in his studies. Much of the book is devoted to instinct, and contained in the appendix is a posthumous essay by Darwin on the subject, originally intended for a later edition of On the Origin of Species. Romanes' method of using anecdotal evidence over empirical research has been criticised, but this book stands as an influential work in the history of evolutionary biology; it was followed in 1888 by his Mental Evolution in Man (also reissued in this series), which discussed some of the most important issues of nineteenth-century evolutionary psychology.

Release date Australia

October 20th, 2011

Author

George John Romanes

Audience

Professional & Vocational

Contributor

Appendix by Charles Darwin

Illustrations

1 Tables, black and white; 1 Plates, black and white; 3 Halftones, unspecified

Pages

426

Series

Cambridge Library Collection - Darwin, Evolution and Genetics

Dimensions

140x216x24

ISBN-13

9781108037877

Product ID

18612899

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