RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868-1870]. Draft of Descent, vol. 1, p. 157. CUL-DAR63.12r. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 12.2022. 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 volumes CUL-DAR63, CUL-DAR64 and CUL-DAR65 contain a diverse array of materials for Darwin's research on earthworms. All of the textual items in these folders, including this one, have been transcribed in a single file: CUL-DAR63-65.
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
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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