RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1857.10. There is relation in very few Families with few members. CUL-DAR205.9.330. 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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There is relation in very few Families with few members - (Aphaniptera, Strepsitera, & Earwigs now generally acknowledged not to be Families) & the rarity of Fam. extinct??

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