RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1877.10.31. Marchantia / Draft of Descent, vol. 1. CUL-DAR209.4.246. (John van Wyhe ed., 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and John van Wyhe, edited by John van Wyhe 9.2022. RN3
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 volume CUL-DAR209.4 contains materials for Darwin's book Movement in plants (1880).
Draft of Descent in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The other fragment is in CUL-DAR209.4.240.
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Marchantia Horizontal glass
Nearer dot (Oct 31')
8° 45
9° 15 to right (may be sinking of Ear
10. 15 from light
10. 54 from light & right
11' 29 to light & back parallel
11. 58 to right & horizontal
1° to right & from light far
1°. 46 — same course
2. 25' to light back
2. 58' to left crossing old line
3. 34 to light & left crossed former line
4. 8' back from light & parallel [sketch]
4. 55'— long way to right
5 45 back to left & crossed old line
7° 20 far to right
8. 45 to the right (exaggerated owig to oblique
10° far to right & from light
Free crest 3/20
(used)
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[text excised]unted; those who live
[text excised]may have their chesrs in=
[text excised]tantly use certain senses
[text excised] in which the organs are
[text excised]ased in size, & their fea=
[text excised]htly modified. With
[text excised] reduced size of the jaws
[text excised] habitual play of
[text excised]ving to express different
[text excised]ased size of the brain
[text excised]tual activity, have
[text excised] a considerable effect
[text excised]eral appearance in
[text excised]ages. 52*(51) It is, also,
[text excised]ed bodily size, with no
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[Descent 1: 247: "Men who habitually live in canoes, may have their legs somewhat stunted; those who inhabit lofty regions have their chests enlarged; and those who constantly use certain sense-organs have the cavities in which they are lodged somewhat increased in size, and their features consequently a little modified. With civilised nations, the reduced size of the jaws from lessened use, the habitual play of different muscles serving to express different emotions, and the increased size of the brain from greater intellectual activity, have together produced a considerable effect on their general appearance in comparison with savages.52 It is also possible that increased bodily stature, with no corresponding increase in the size of the brain, may have given to some races (judging from the previously adduced cases of the rabbits) an elongated skull of the dolichocephalic type.
52 See Prof. Schaaffhausen, translat. in 'Anthropological Review, Oct. 1868, p. 429."]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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