A new theory of human evolution.
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York,
Philosophical Library
[1949]
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Table of Contents:
- A summary of the new or "group" theory
- How far the "group" theory differs from other theories of man's origin
- Evidence of the particulate grouping of humanity during the primal period of its evolution
- Ownership of territory as a factor in human evolution
- Group spirit as a factor in human evolution
- Patriotism as a factor in human evolution
- How co-operation was combined with competition to serve as a factor in human evolution
- Mental bias as a factor in human evolution
- Resentment and revenge as factors in human evolution
- The search for status as a factor in human evolution
- Human nature as an instrument of government
- Leadership and loyalty as factors in human evolution
- Morality as a factor in human evolution
- The machinery of evolution
- Isolation and inbreeding as factors in human evolution
- Endogamy, exogamy, and monogamy as factors in human evolution
- The contrasted fates of man and ape
- Sex differentiation and sex hormones as factors in human evolution
- Sexual selection and hormonal action as factors in the differentiation of mankind into races
- "Fœtilization" as a factor in human evolution
- Crossing the Rubicon 'twixt ape and man
- The anthropoidal ancestors of mankind spread abroad
- Man becomes a denizen of all parts of the world
- The five major divisions of mankind
- The African theory applied to explain the distribution of the racial types of mankind
- A new conception of the genesis of modern races
- On the threshold of the modern world of human evolution
- The antiquity of village settlements
- The transformation of village units into city units
- Egypt as the oldest home of nation-building
- Evolution of nationalities in Europe illustrated by that of Scotland
- The making of human races
- The peoples and races of Europe
- Nationalism as a factor in human evolution
- Racialism: its nature and its prevalence in South Africa
- National self-determination illustrated by the case of the Irish Free State
- The Jews as a nation and as a race
- The Jews as a nation and as a race (continued): anti-Semitism: Zionism
- Nation-building on a continental scale
- The rise of nations in British dominions
- Retrospect and prospect.