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History of ideas · Sixth form / stretch

The Descent of Man

Charles Darwin

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A historical attempt to explain human origins also reveals assumptions inherited from its social setting. Read with a teacher, distinguish empirical comparisons from evaluative claims, and compare the argument with current evolutionary science rather than treating every assertion as a reliable account of people.

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