RECORD: Darwin, C. R. 1867.06.20. The chimpanzee has not thick hair on eyebrows. CUL-DAR80.B79. 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).
[B79]
June 20, 1867
The chimpanzee has not thick hair on eyebrows but many upright scattered hairs i.e. vibrissae. The two new young animals just imported from the Congo differ as a well marked race from the former animal in colour of skin, shape of hands, pale coloured nails, & rather bald heads.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
File last updated 25 September, 2022