RECORD: Anon. [1871]. [Comments on proofs of Descent, 2: 310, 313]. CUL-DAR83.47. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 2.2022. 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).
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310 A you don't say what colour the square patch on the loins
313 A "This depends on certain individuals of one sex generally the male sex" I think it is clearer without bringing in the struggle for existence, have left is ugly end
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