Chapter 2: Manner of Development of Man from Some Lower Form
Discusses gradual increase in brain size and mental capacity.
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From The Descent of Man by Charles Darwin
Darwin contends that reason, abstraction, self-consciousness, and even language differ from animal capacities only in degree, with language arising from imitative sounds and gestures.
Chapter 3
Contains the celebrated comparison of dog devotion to religious feeling; argues animals possess curiosity, imagination, and reason.
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