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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1866-1870]. Our canine teeth still retain in their greater size & deeply implanted fangs traces of their proper function of tearing. CUL-DAR80.B74. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Vogt Lectures [diastema] p. 151

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Our canine teeth still retain in their greater size & deeply implanted fangs traces of their proper function of tearing, though not some new projecting begun to all teeth & as Owen remarks, "their true character is indicated vol. 3. p. 323.

Now occasionally we learn their former condition more plainly revealed by

Vogt, Carl. 1864. Lectures on man: his place in creation, and in the history of the earth. Edited by James Hunt. London: Longman, Green, Longman & Roberts. PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 1: 126. n41: "Carl Vogt's 'Lectures on Man,' Eng. translat. 1864, p. 151."

Owen, Richard. 1866-1868. On the anatomy of vertebrates. 3 vols. London: Longmans, Green & Co. vol. 3. PDF

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