RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1864-1870]. Abstract of Rathke, On the development of the cranium in the Vertebrata. CUL-DAR80.B30. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed and edited by John van Wyhe. 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).
B30
Man
Nat. Hist R.
No XIII p. 128 Rathke skull of Ammocaetes surprisingly like embryonic skull of other vertebrates — including of course man
(for Genealogy)
What is Ammocaetes?
Larva of Lamprey
Give figure of Lepidosiren & of Ammocaetes
Rathke, H. 1864. On the development of the cranium in the Vertebrata. Natural History Review 2d ser. 4 no. 13 (January): 127-138. [CUL-DAR.LIB.PER-U875]
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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