The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex

Quality:

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex - 1871 book by Charles Darwin. This book is the 1449th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books. Article “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex” in English Wikipedia has 73.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 59 references and 13 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 3.89 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Achievements in all the time:
Global Wikipedia:
The 1449th most popular in books.

In June 2025 the article “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 1 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex”, its content was written by 216 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 586 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex is on the 1449th place in global ranking of books on Wikipedia in all the time.

The article is cited 285 times in English Wikipedia and cited 1270 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (English): #16800 in July 2005
  • Global: #12928 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (English): #22804 in June 2019
  • Global: #34061 in February 2009

There are 23 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
73.9231
2Portuguese (pt)
A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo
52.0997
3Italian (it)
L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale
41.234
4German (de)
Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
37.8123
5Swedish (sv)
Människans härledning och könsurvalet
37.0741
6Norwegian (no)
The Descent of Man
30.7412
7Simple English (simple)
The Descent of Man
21.6572
8Galician (gl)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
18.2302
9Spanish (es)
El origen del hombre
17.3834
10Japanese (ja)
人間の進化と性淘汰
16.2991
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
1 744 413
2Spanish (es)
El origen del hombre
1 220 996
3German (de)
Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
164 940
4French (fr)
La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe
112 642
5Portuguese (pt)
A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo
99 187
6Italian (it)
L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale
55 642
7Persian (fa)
تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت
47 588
8Chinese (zh)
人类的由来
39 999
9Turkish (tr)
İnsanın Türeyişi
33 210
10Dutch (nl)
De afstamming van de mens
26 868
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
5 898
2Spanish (es)
El origen del hombre
662
3Simple English (simple)
The Descent of Man
537
4French (fr)
La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe
381
5German (de)
Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
329
6Portuguese (pt)
A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo
305
7Italian (it)
L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale
292
8Persian (fa)
تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت
214
9Chinese (zh)
人类的由来
198
10Japanese (ja)
人間の進化と性淘汰
155
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
216
2German (de)
Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
48
3French (fr)
La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe
45
4Hebrew (he)
מוצא האדם (ספר)
36
5Dutch (nl)
De afstamming van de mens
29
6Spanish (es)
El origen del hombre
28
7Portuguese (pt)
A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo
24
8Turkish (tr)
İnsanın Türeyişi
19
9Danish (da)
Menneskets afstamning og Parringsvalget
17
10Norwegian (no)
The Descent of Man
17
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
1
2Catalan (ca)
La descendència de l'home i sobre la selecció en relació amb el sexe
0
3Danish (da)
Menneskets afstamning og Parringsvalget
0
4German (de)
Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
0
5Esperanto (eo)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
0
6Spanish (es)
El origen del hombre
0
7Persian (fa)
تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت
0
8Finnish (fi)
Ihmisen polveutuminen ja sukupuolivalinta
0
9French (fr)
La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe
0
10Galician (gl)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
285
2Turkish (tr)
İnsanın Türeyişi
164
3Persian (fa)
تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت
162
4Chinese (zh)
人类的由来
92
5Italian (it)
L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale
79
6French (fr)
La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe
75
7Portuguese (pt)
A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo
67
8Spanish (es)
El origen del hombre
61
9German (de)
Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
60
10Hebrew (he)
מוצא האדם (ספר)
38
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Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
caCatalan
La descendència de l'home i sobre la selecció en relació amb el sexe
daDanish
Menneskets afstamning og Parringsvalget
deGerman
Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
enEnglish
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
eoEsperanto
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
esSpanish
El origen del hombre
faPersian
تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت
fiFinnish
Ihmisen polveutuminen ja sukupuolivalinta
frFrench
La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe
glGalician
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
heHebrew
מוצא האדם (ספר)
idIndonesian
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
itItalian
L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale
jaJapanese
人間の進化と性淘汰
koKorean
인간의 유래와 성선택
nlDutch
De afstamming van de mens
nnNorwegian (Nynorsk)
Descent of Man
noNorwegian
The Descent of Man
ptPortuguese
A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo
simpleSimple English
The Descent of Man
svSwedish
Människans härledning och könsurvalet
trTurkish
İnsanın Türeyişi
zhChinese
人类的由来

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank English:
#22804
06.2019
Global:
#34061
02.2009

AI rank trends

Best Rank English:
#16800
07.2005
Global:
#12928
07.2003

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex from Wikipedia articles about Charles Darwin, Human origins, Sexual selection, On the Origin of Species and Charles Darwins books. Whereas reading the article about The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Charles Darwin, Sexual selection, On the Origin of Species, Human origins and Human evolution.

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