RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868-1870]. Draft of Descent 1: 157. CUL-DAR63.31r. 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 top portion of this fragment is at CUL-DAR63.12r.
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in primeval man [text excised]
a division of labour: each man did not manufacture his own flint
[text excised] [illeg] rude pottery; but certain
[text excised] to such
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 3 July, 2025