Project Gutenberg 2012-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 320 Huxley, Thomas Henry 1825 1895 Huxley, T. H. (Thomas Henry) Man's Place in Nature, and Other Essays Produced by Pat McCoy, Adrian Mastronardi and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive/Canadian Libraries) "Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays" by Thomas Henry Huxley is a collection of scientific essays written in the late 19th century. This work explores the biological connections between humans and other animals, particularly focusing on the man-like apes and the implications of evolution. Huxley's writing serves to educate readers on the complexities of human origins and the environment that shaped them, highlighting the struggle to understand our place within the natural world. The opening of this collection discusses the historical accounts of man-like apes, referencing early explorers and their observations of these creatures in the wild. Huxley introduces various accounts and speculations from the past about these animals, including their characteristics and behaviors. He reflects on past misconceptions and accolades of explorers, gradually weaving a narrative that emphasizes the importance of scientific inquiry in understanding human evolution and the relationships we share with our closest animal relatives. This sets the stage for deeper discussions on natural history, anatomy, and the broader implications of evolutionary biology throughout the rest of the essays. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 45.6 (College-level). Difficult to read. en Human beings -- Origin Apes Ethnology Indo-Europeans GN Text Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Science - Genetics/Biology/Evolution Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches Category: Science - Biology 894184 2025-06-16T11:31:22.634409 text/html 898398 2012-07-16T08:48:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 2164902 2025-06-16T11:31:39.749327 application/epub+zip 2176555 2025-06-16T11:31:28.859377 application/epub+zip 399541 2025-06-16T11:31:25.646388 application/epub+zip 2821464 2025-06-16T11:31:46.877292 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 2768804 2025-06-16T11:31:36.958357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 663275 2022-09-18T12:24:25.379696 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 824087 2023-09-17T13:21:37.494616 text/plain 16257 2025-06-16T11:31:47.020255 application/rdf+xml 16009 2025-06-16T11:31:26.230359 image/jpeg 3835 2025-06-16T11:31:25.939375 image/jpeg 2147977 2025-06-16T11:31:22.966376 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia