RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1867.06.20. The chimpanzee has not thick hair on eyebrows. CUL-DAR80.B79. (Cite as: John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. RN1

NOTE: See record in the Darwin Online manuscript catalogue, enter its Identifier here. Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volumes CUL-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).

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June 20, 1867

The chimpanzee has not thick hair on eyebrows but many upright scattered hairs i.e. vibrissae. The two new young animals just imported from the Congo differ as a well marked race from the former animal in colour of skin, shape of hands, pale coloured nails, & rather bald heads.


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Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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