THEORY OF EVOLUTION

as stated in

“DESCENT OF MAN”

Darwin outlines the section headings of Chapter III (here labeled II).The draft shown here was changed so that the final printed version read:

“Comparison of the Mental Powers of Man and the Lower Animals.The difference in mental power between the highest ape and the lowest savage, immense – Certain instincts in common- The emotions – Curiosity – Imitation – Attention -Memory – Imagination – Reason – Progressive improvement – Language – Sense of Beauty -Belief in God, spiritual agencies, superstitions.”