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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Quotes

With highly civilised nations continued progress depends in a subordinate degree on natural selection; for such nations do not supplant and exterminate one another as do savage tribes.

Source:Part I. The Descent or Origin of Man, Chapter V. On the Development of the Intellectual and Moral Faculties during Primeval and Civilised Times
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Charles Darwin - The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Quotes
  • Book: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
  • Writer: Charles Darwin
  • Genre: Science
  • Published: 1871
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