The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online

RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. First consider how far fossil world is full record. CUL-DAR205.9.274. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. 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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First consider how far fossil world is full record

The gradual (if proved) disappearance of old & appearance of new forms is great law of nature wh: my theory explains like it does geograph - distribution – Hybridism - must be treated of as law. - in 2d part of vol. when I consider of general relations of fossil world to recent & then fossil world of each particular country to present country in same site.

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Those who have long thought of first law will alone reading perhaps admits with their consideration my comments.

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