ABSTRACT

On the effects of the continued selection of women according to a different standard of beauty in each race - On the causes which interfere with Sexual Selection in civilized 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.