RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1861.03.17. Acknowledge that Nat Selection comes in only when there is complex. CUL-DAR47.15. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 7.2022. RN1

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-DAR47 contains notes for Natural selection chap. 7 'Laws of Variation'.


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Acknowledge that nat. selection comes in only when there is complex adaptation to conditions.— Foraminifera shows how much variation without nat selection. Put this very strongly.

March 17th 1861


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