RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. Draft of Descent, vol. 1, p. 138. CUL-DAR63.19r. 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: 138.
[19r]
[Slip of note on Earthworms is pasted over the draft]
or to form from a bone a barbed spe[ar or] hook requires the use of a perfect [hand] for as a most capable judge Mr. Sch[oolcraft,] remarks the shaping fragments of stone into or arrow-heads shows "extraordinary [ability and] long practice". We have evidence
[of this in primeval men] having practised.
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