RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1871]. 'In baboons & some species of Macacus the ears are slightly pointed'. CUL-DAR80.B6. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Prepared 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). See Descent 1: 22-23.
B6
In baboons & some species of Macacus the ears are slightly pointed like dog or cat, but in none of the kinds in which the ear lies flat with the margin folded inwards, did I see any Woolner's point.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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