Author: Romanes, G. J.
Title: Physiological Selection; an additional suggestion on the Origin of Species.
Description: London, The Linnean Society, 1886. 8vo (22.1 x 14.2 cm). 75 pp. [numbered 337-411]. Original printed wrappers. = An important contribution to Darwinism. First edition. Published in the Society's Journal, being the complete Volume XIX(115). George John Romanes (1848-1894) "...was a Canadian-Scots evolutionary biologist and physiologist who laid the foundation of what he called comparative psychology, postulating a similarity of cognitive processes and mechanisms between humans and other animals. He was the youngest of Charles Darwin's academic friends, and his views on evolution are historically important. He is considered to invent the term neo-Darwinism, which in the late 19th century was considered as a theory of evolution that focuses on natural selection as the main evolutionary force However, Samuel Butler used this term with a similar meaning in 1880. Romanes' early death was a loss to the cause of evolutionary biology in Britain" (Wikipedia). Uncut. Pencil note "Fellow of Society", in the top margin of the front wrapper. Wrappers with light soiling and a short tear to the left, inner side of the front wrapper; otherwise very good. Clean, as issued.

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