Known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his impassioned defense of evolutionary theory, Huxley published this, his most famous book, just a few years after Darwin's The Origin of Species. Unlike Origin, this book focuses on human ancestry and offers a concise, nontechnical survey of mid-19th-century knowledge about primate and human paleontology and ethology.
Unabridged republication of the first edition, Appleton, New York, 1863.
Here's a sample of other books in this Dover category
The Ideas of Biology by John Tyler Bonner Using evolution as the central theme, these concise essays explore the foundations of modern biology, focusing on heredity, embryonic development, and ultimately, relations between organisms and their environment. 24 black-and-white figures.
Plants, Man and Life by Edgar Anderson A history of human and plant interactions. Recounts the continuing history of weeds and cultivated plants around the world, from garden-variety flowers and vegetables to sources for poisons and drugs. 16 black-and-white illustrations.
