 ... agree that but one adult male is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head of the community.  The Secret of the Totem, by Andrew Lang - Page 113by Andrew Lang - 1905 - 215 pagesFull view - About this book
 | London anthropological society - 804 pages
...several wives by himself, like the gorilla ; for all the natives ' agree that but one adult male is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest takes place for mastery,- and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head... | |
 | William Winwood Reade - Africa - 1864 - 476 pages
...all agree in the assertion that but one adult male is seen in a band ; that when the young males grow up a contest takes place for the mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head of the community. " Their dwellings, if... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1871 - 540 pages
...wives by himself, like the Gorilla ; for all the natives " agree that but one adult male is " .seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a " contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by 7 Brehm (' Jllust. Thierleben,' B. ip 77) says Cynacepkalm hamadryas... | |
 | 1875 - 642 pages
...several wives by himself, like the gorilla ; for all the natives ' agree that but one adu.lt male is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head... | |
 | John McGovern - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1880 - 762 pages
...all agree in saying that they never see more than one grown male in a band. When the young males grow up, a contest takes place for the mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself at the head of the community. Some of the lowest savages,... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Evolution - 1884 - 396 pages
...lived with several wives, like the gorilla; for all the natives "agree that but one adult male is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Science - 1896 - 890 pages
...with several wives, like the gorilla : for all the natives " agree that but one adult male " is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest " takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and " driving out the others, establishes himself as the head... | |
 | Andrew Lang - Marriage - 1903 - 390 pages
...lived with several wives like the Gorilla — for all the natives agree that but one adult male is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up, a contest...for the mastery, and the strongest, by killing or 1 Mr. Atkinson's theory is based on the idea that our supposed anthropoid ancestor was eminently unsocial.... | |
 | Henry Sidgwick - Political science - 1903 - 604 pages
...monkeys or other animals at all supports this. I learn (eg) that among gorillas " but one adult is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head... | |
 | Thomas Nixon Carver - History - 1905 - 826 pages
...with several wives, like the gorilla ; for all the natives " agree that but one adult male is seen in a band ; when the young male grows up a contest takes place for mastery, and the strongest, by killing and driving out the others, establishes himself as the head... | |
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