RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868-1870]. Draft of Descent, vol. 1. CUL-DAR63.86r. 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.
Draft is in the hand of Ebenezer Norman with corrections by Darwin. The text of the draft corresponds to Descent 1: 13.
[86r]
some power of regeneration [text excised]
early embryonic period. in the stumps [3 words illeg] unprotected [illeg] limbs *.(8) The whole process of that most important function, the reproduction of the species, is strikingly the same in all mammals, from that first act of courtship by the male* (9) to the birth & nurturing nurturing of the offspring. young.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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