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Concept

Instinct

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  • Mental evolution in animals : With a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin / [George John Romanes].
  • The human brain, divided according to Bernard Hollander's system of phrenology. Process print with pen and ink, c. 1902.
  • Mental evolution in animals : With a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin / [George John Romanes].
  • Three diagrams of the organisation of the lobes of the brain for a phrenological textbook. Pen drawing, c. 1902.
  • A man challenges another; exhibiting boldness, classed phrenologically under the 'propensity' of combativeness. Steel engraving by Contenau, 1847, after H. Bruyères.
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Catalogue

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    Human instinct : how our primeval impulses shape our modern lives / Robert Winston.

    Winston, Robert M. L. | Date: 2002
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    Mental evolution in animals : With a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin / [George John Romanes].

    Romanes, George John, 1848-1894. | Date: 1883
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    Where am I? : why we can find our way to the moon but get lost in the mall / Colin Ellard.

    Ellard, Colin, 1958- | Date: [2009]
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    The question concerning the sensibility, intelligence, and instinctive actions of insects / [Charles David Badham].

    Badham, David, 1806-1857. | Date: [1837]
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    Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations / By Thomas Hancock.

    Hancock, Thomas, 1783-1849. | Date: 1824
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