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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.

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.

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

Where am I? : why we can find our way to the moon but get lost in the mall / Colin Ellard.

The question concerning the sensibility, intelligence, and instinctive actions of insects / [Charles David Badham].

Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations / By Thomas Hancock.

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

Mental evolution in animals : With a posthumous essay on instinct by Charles Darwin / [George John Romanes].

Where am I? : why we can find our way to the moon but get lost in the mall / Colin Ellard.

The question concerning the sensibility, intelligence, and instinctive actions of insects / [Charles David Badham].

Essay on instinct, and its physical and moral relations / By Thomas Hancock.