The Descent of Man

The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex - 1871 book by Charles Darwin. This book is the 1449^th most popular in the global Wikipedia ranking of books and the 251^st most popular book in Simple English Wikipedia. Article “The Descent of Man” in Simple English Wikipedia has 21.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 2 references and 4 sections.

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

Since the creation of article “The Descent of Man”, its content was written by 10 registered users of Simple 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 251^st place in local ranking of books in Simple English Wikipedia and on the 1449^th place in global ranking of books in all the time.

The article is cited 20 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 1270 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (Simple English): #518 in May 2024
• Global: #12928 in July 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (Simple English): #9739 in August 2021
• 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.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex		73.9231
2	Portuguese (pt) A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo		52.0997
3	Italian (it) L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale		41.234
4	German (de) Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl		37.8123
5	Swedish (sv) Människans härledning och könsurvalet		37.0741
6	Norwegian (no) The Descent of Man		30.7412
7	Simple English (simple) The Descent of Man		21.6572
8	Galician (gl) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex		18.2302
9	Spanish (es) El origen del hombre		17.3834
10	Japanese (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.

The most popular language versions of the article "The Descent of Man" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex		1 744 413
2	Spanish (es) El origen del hombre		1 220 996
3	German (de) Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl		164 940
4	French (fr) La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe		112 642
5	Portuguese (pt) A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo		99 187
6	Italian (it) L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale		55 642
7	Persian (fa) تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت		47 588
8	Chinese (zh) 人类的由来		39 999
9	Turkish (tr) İnsanın Türeyişi		33 210
10	Dutch (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.

The most popular language versions of the article "The Descent of Man" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex		5 898
2	Spanish (es) El origen del hombre		662
3	Simple English (simple) The Descent of Man		537
4	French (fr) La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe		381
5	German (de) Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl		329
6	Portuguese (pt) A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo		305
7	Italian (it) L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale		292
8	Persian (fa) تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت		214
9	Chinese (zh) 人类的由来		198
10	Japanese (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.

Language versions of the article "The Descent of Man" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex		216
2	German (de) Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl		48
3	French (fr) La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe		45
4	Hebrew (he) מוצא האדם (ספר)		36
5	Dutch (nl) De afstamming van de mens		29
6	Spanish (es) El origen del hombre		28
7	Portuguese (pt) A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo		24
8	Turkish (tr) İnsanın Türeyişi		19
9	Danish (da) Menneskets afstamning og Parringsvalget		17
10	Norwegian (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.

Language versions of the article "The Descent of Man" with the highest AI in June 2025

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

Language versions of the article "The Descent of Man" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

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

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#	Language	Value
ca	Catalan La descendència de l'home i sobre la selecció en relació amb el sexe
da	Danish Menneskets afstamning og Parringsvalget
de	German Die Abstammung des Menschen und die geschlechtliche Zuchtwahl
en	English The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
eo	Esperanto The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
es	Spanish El origen del hombre
fa	Persian تبار انسان و گزینش در ارتباط با جنسیت
fi	Finnish Ihmisen polveutuminen ja sukupuolivalinta
fr	French La Filiation de l'homme et la sélection liée au sexe
gl	Galician The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
he	Hebrew מוצא האדם (ספר)
id	Indonesian The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
it	Italian L'origine dell'uomo e la selezione sessuale
ja	Japanese 人間の進化と性淘汰
ko	Korean 인간의 유래와 성선택
nl	Dutch De afstamming van de mens
nn	Norwegian (Nynorsk) Descent of Man
no	Norwegian The Descent of Man
pt	Portuguese A Descendência do Homem e Seleção em Relação ao Sexo
simple	Simple English The Descent of Man
sv	Swedish Människans härledning och könsurvalet
tr	Turkish İnsanın Türeyişi
zh	Chinese 人类的由来

Best Rank

Simple English: #9739 08.2021

Global: #34061 02.2009

Best Rank

Simple English: #518 05.2024

Global: #12928 07.2003

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