RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868-1871]. [References on Man] Octavo Pamphlets. CUL-DAR80.B146-B147. 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 10.2021. RN2
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-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
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The first note here records Darwin's reactions to A. R. Wallace's declaration that natural selection did not seem to him sufficient to explain human evolution.
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Wallace Q. Review. p. 392. Higher moral faculties useless to savages! Nat. selection cd have endowed savage with Brain only little superior to that of savage!! — Hands again useless to savage — Hand of Quadrumana beyond its wants!!! Thinks never utilized!! Voice of man of one use - so with Birds. — "It seems as if as if some new spirit had possessed him."
[[Wallace, Alfred Russel] 1869. [Review of] C. Lyell, Principles of geology 10th ed. and Elements of geology 6th ed. Quarterly Review 126: 359-394. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 576]/ CUL-DAR133.14.1 Text PDF Descent 1: 137, n59: "Quarterly Review,' April, 1869, p. 392. This subject is more fully discussed in Mr. Wallace's 'Contributions to the Theory of Natural Selection,' 1870, in which all the essays referred to in this work are republished. The 'Essay on Man' has been ably criticised by Prof. Claparède, one of the most distinguished zoologists in Europe, in an article published in the 'Bibliothèque Universelle,' June, 1870. The remark quoted in my text will surprise every one who has read Mr. Wallace's celebrated paper on 'The Origin of Human Races deduced from the Theory of Natural Selection,' originally published in the 'Anthropological Review,' May, 1864, p. clviii. I cannot here resist quoting a most just remark by Sir J. Lubbock ('Prehistoric Times,' 1865, p. 479) in reference to this paper, namely, that Mr. Wallace, with characteristic unselfishness, ascribes it (i.e. the idea of "natural selection) unreservedly to Mr. Darwin, although, as is well known, he struck out the idea independently, and published it, though not with the same elaboration, at the same time."]
Brackenridge Change of climate affects Lungs & Liver Kidneys
[Brakenridge, David J. 1869. A contribution to the theory of diathesis. (from the 'Medical Times and Gazette' of the 19th of June and 17th of July 1869.). Edinburgh: Maclachland and Stewart. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 583] PDF]
Q. J. Geolog. Soc: No. 98. Huxley 149-152. Mammals will be found in Palaeozoic Time
Proc. R. Soc. No 93 Wood p. 518 544 frequency of variations in muscles of Man
[Wood, J. 1867. Variations in human myology observed during the winter session at King's College, London. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 15 no. 93 (May): 518-546. Descent 1: 109, n5: "'Proc. Royal Soc.' 1867, p. 544; also 1868, p. 483, 524. There is a previous paper, 1866, p. 229."]
p. 529 — analogue to Apes. p. 532, 535, 538, 540
No 98 Davis on Weight of Brain: refer to Transactions
[Davis, J. Barnard. 1868. Contributions towards determining the weight of the brain in different races of man. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London 158 no. 2: 505-527. Descent 1: 146, n70: "[J. Barnard Davis.] 'Philosophical Transactions,' 1869, p. 513."]
No 104. Wood p 483 excessive variability, good to quote
[Wood, John. 1868. Variations in human myology observed during the winter session of 1867-68 at King's College. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London 16 no 104 (June): 483-525.]
p. 485 like apes. — 490 Sternalis-brutorum.
p. 498 like apes. — 499, 501
p 511 muscle constantly present in the Quadrumana & oftener in women than ♂
p 519 A muscle always absent in Quadrumana, & ocasionlly in man & oftener in ♀ — Redundancy of same muscles common in Man. p 523 on do.
521 muscles found in Apes
Gaston de Saporta Pal: p. 29 On advance in art in Rein-deer man.
[Saporta, Louis Charles Joseph Gaston de. 1868. La Paléontologie appliquée à l'étude des races humaines. Revue des deux mondes (August): 973-1005. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 580] PDF]
Ch. Vogt Address. p. 7. strong sentence from Preface, about everyone give up Creation
[Vogt, Carl. 1869. Discours 15 April 1869 à louverture de la séance générale. Institut National Génévois (Bulletin) 16: 1-14. CUL-DAR80.B175 Image]
Schleiden Unsere Zeit p. 609. 1s grt molar in 2 Australian women smaller than 2d. which is Apelike
[Schleiden, Matthias Jacob. 1869. Ueber den Darwinismus und die damit zusammenhängenden Lehren. Unsere Zeit 2d ser. 5: 50-71; 258-277; 606-630. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection reviews 153] PDF]
p. 612 quotes Gegenbaur on supernumerary Sternal Bones - related to Mammals below Apes
Wilckens p. 6 Effects of mountain pasture on form of quadrupeds
[Wilckens, Martin. 1866. Darwin's Theorie in Beziehung zur landwirthschaftlichen Thierzucht. Jahrbuch der deutschen Viehzucht (1866): 67-93. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection reviews 111] PDF Descent 1: 120, n33: "Dr. Wilckens ('Landwirthschaft. Wochenblatt,' No. 10, 1869) has lately published an interesting essay shewing how domestic animals, which live in mountainous regions, have their frames modified."]
7 correlation of thickness of hair & pore.
Häckel in Sammlung (refer to in Preface.)
[ Haeckel, Ernst. 1868. Ueber die Entstehung und den Stammbaum des Menschengeschlechts: Zwei Vorträge. Berlin: Lüderitz'sche Verlag. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 638] PDFDescent 1: 199, n15: "Häckel has come to this same conclusion. See 'Ueber die Entstehung des Menschengeschlechts,' in Virchow's 'Sammlung. gemein. wissen. Vorträge,' 1868, s. 61. Also his 'Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte,' 1868, in which he gives in detail his views on the genealogy of man."]
p. 61. Man descended from form between Platyrhine Carterrhines & others p. 62
66 calls Races species
67 Man single origin, 10 species
p 74. quotes Weisbach (from Scherzer & Schwarz)
74 indifferent whethr Races so called or species.
J. P. Durand (De Gros) — I might quote as some proof of direct action
[Durand, Jean Pierre de Gros. 1868. L'Influence des milieux, sur les caracteres l'homme. Proces Verbaux de la Societe d'Anthropologie. Paris: Baillière. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection] PDFDescent 1: 113, n15: "M. J. P. Durand has lately (1868) published a valuable essay 'De l'Influence des Milieux, &c.' He lays much stress on the nature of the soil."]
Dally p. 26 on the thumb muscle. alluded to by Md. Royer
[Dally, M. E. 1868. L'Ordre des primates et le transformisme. Bulletins et Mémoires de la Société d'Anthropologie de Paris Année 3: 673-712. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 582] PDF Descent 1: 11, n2: "'Lec. sur la Phys.' 1866, p. 890, as quoted by M. Dally, 'L'Ordre des Primates et le Transformisme,' 1868, p. 29."]
29. Vulpian on general resemblance of Brain of man to higher Apes
Wyman Observat. on Crania p 18 skulls of Sandwich Isd - skulls very variable.
[Wyman, Jeffries. 1868. Observations on crania. [with 'Neanderthal skull'] Journal of the Boston Society of Natural History 11: 440-464. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 529] PDF Descent 1: 109, n2: "On the Sandwich Islanders, Prof. J. Wyman, 'Observations on Crania,' Boston, 1868, p. 18."]
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Jaeger — on use affecting length of bones
[Jäger, Gustav. 1870. Ueber das Längenwachstum der Knochen. Jenaische Zeitschrift für Naturwissenschaft 5: 1-42. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 586] PDF Descent 1: 74, n6: "'Die Darwine'sche Theorie,' s, 101."]
Haast — MonatsBericht stone implements in N. Zealand
[Haast, John Francis Julius von. 1868. Über die Lagerung der Dinornithen in Neu-Seeland. Monatsberichte der Königlich Preussischen Akademie der Wissenschaften zu Berlin 22: 551-553. [Dinornis] 'Mammals of New Zealand'[Darwin Pamphlet Collection 575] PDF]
Busk on Gibraltar — p. 54, Perforated condyles common in old Races.
[Busk, George. 1869. On the caves of Gibraltar in which human remains and works of art have been found. Transactions of the International Congress of Prehistoric Archaeology, 3d session, pp. 106-167, pls. I-XII. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 574] PDF Descent 1: 28, n38: "On the Caves of Gibraltar," 'Transact. Internat. Congress of Prehist. Arch.' Third Session, 1869, p. 54."]]
4.5 per cent. Broca — 30 per cent Rein-deer period
p. 55 Bones like Eyzies (B. Dunblane in N. Wales) dolicocephalic skulls
Sidebotham Manchester p 14. on light on Lepidoptera
[Sidebotham, Joseph. 1869. On varieties in Lepidoptera. Proceedings of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester 9: 12-14. (whole issue) [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 577] PDF]
Proc. American Acad. Morgan p. 436. on Kinship
[Morgan, Lewis Henry. 1868. A conjectural solution of the origin of the classificatory system of relationship. [Read 11 February.] Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences 7: 436-477. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 458, 514] PDF Descent 1: 46, n15: "Mr. L. H. Morgan's work on 'The American Beaver,' 1868, offers a good illustration of this remark. I cannot, however, avoid thinking that he goes too far in underrating the power of Instinct."]
Saporta l'Ecole p 641. Higher the animal the quicker transformed
[Saporta, Louis Charles Joseph Gaston de. 1869. L'école transformiste et ses dernièrs travaux. Revue des deux mondes 2d ser. 83: 635-674. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 2674, reviews 144] PDF]
Quatrefages. Hist. Nat. Gen. Revue des D. M. p. 165. on man not descended from apes.
[Quatrefages de Bréau, Jean Louis Armand de. 1868-1869. Origines des espèces animales et végétales. Revue des deux mondes 2d ser. 78 (1868): 832-860; 79 (1869): 208-240; 80 (1869): 64-95, 397-432, 638-672. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection reviews 146] PDF]
Fraser on Selection — (the weak preserved.) very important we preserve the sick.
[Fraser, George. 1871. Sexual selection. Nature 3 (20 April): 489. CUL-DAR89.112 Image Text PDF [Descent 1: 178, n25: "Mr. Greg, 'Fraser's Magazine,' Sept. 1868, p. 357."]
Macclennan in N. British Rev. p 526 Definition of Civilization
[[McLennan, John Ferguson.] 1869. The early history of man. North British Review 50: 516-549. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 587] PDF]
p. 533 v. Duke of Argyll very good.
544 Proof of Advance
Preyer p. 45 Mammae Erraticæ
[Preyer, William Thierry. 1873. Über die Erforschung des Lebens. Jena: Mauke's Verlag. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 808] PDF]
Lubbock Origin of Civilisation 68 Tahitians avoiding cannibalism
[Lubbock, John. 1867. On the origin of civilisation and primitive condition of man. [Read 26 November.] Proceedings of the Ethnological Society of London 39: 137-151. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 444] PDF]
Patagonians taking to Horses (imitation)
p 10 Language - v. Haliburton
Aug. Müller (Saurling) p 22 Heart of Embryo beat before nerves
[Müller, August. 1866. Ueber die erste Entstehung organischer Wesen und deren Spaltung in Arten. Berlin: Lüderitz. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection 412] PDF]
p. 44 single heart
Rolle I. 99 - Germans in Georgia settled have become dark *
Quote line in Preface.
[Rolle, Friedrich. 1866. Der Mensch, seine Abstammung und Gesittung, im Lichte der Darwin'schen Lehre von der Art-Entstehung und auf Grundlage der neuern geologischen Entdeckungen dargestellt. Frankfurt: J. C. Hermann. [Darwin Pamphlet Collection reviews 76, 77, 78] PDF Descent 1: 246, n50: "Dr. Rolle ('Der Mensch, seine Abstammung,' &c., 1865, s. 99) states, on the authority of Khanikof, that the greater number of German families settled in Georgia, have acquired in the course of two generations dark hair and eyes. Mr."]
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