RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. Draft of Descent, vol. 1, p. 157. CUL-DAR63.12r. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. RN1
NOTE: Reproduced with permission of the Syndics of Cambridge University Library and William Huxley Darwin.
The text of the draft corresponds to Descent 1: 157.
The bottom portion of this fragment is in CUL-DAR63.31r.
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but it seems quite possible that as they gradually lost their brute-like powers, such as that of climbing trees, they might still have existed or even flourished, if they at the same time slowly advanced in intellect. But granting that the progenitors of man were for [text excised] anceless than the more
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