RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire, Histoire naturelle générale. CUL-DAR80.B52. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 10.2021. 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-DAR80-86 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man (1871).
Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 186-7. n1: "Isidore Geoffroy St.-Hilaire gives a detailed account of the position assigned to man by various naturalists in their classifications: 'Hist. Nat. Gén.' tom. ii. 1859, p. 170-189."
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire. 1854–1862. Histoire naturelle générale des règnes organiques, principalement étudiée chez l'homme et les animaux. 3 vols. Paris: Victor Masson.[B52]
Isid. Geoffroy Tom 2 p. 185 rank of man in scale
p 213 243 direction of Hairs on forearm common to Gibbon & Gorilla & some American monkeys
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