RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. If I can show extreme simplicity of Geology of world, & that Europe exception & not the rule - Then what races of animal must have perished without a relic. CUL-DAR205.9.114. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 9.2021. RN1
NOTE: The brown crayon number '22' indicates that this document was filed by Darwin in his portfolio for the subject of Palaeontology: extinction.
Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin. The volume CUL-DAR205.9 contains notes on palaeontology and geology [regarding theory of evolution].
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If I can show extreme simplicity of Geology of world, & that Europe exception & not the rule - Then what races of animal must have perished without a relic — Think of S. America &c &c S. Africa &c &c. In reference to Lyells chapter against sudden mutations in Animate world
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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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