RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1856.04.24. Lyell on Extinction says he believed he was 1st man who made Extinction a regular law. CUL-DAR205.9.311. 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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Lyell on Extinction says he believed he was 1st man who made Extinction a regular law.

Look to early Editions & give him full credit.

 


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