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RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Sexual selection / Ch. I p. 33 my M.S. The fact shown by Eschricht. CUL-DAR85.A60. Edited by John van Wyhe (The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)

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Ch. I p. 33 my M.S. The fact shown by Eschricht the features of ♀ have moustache is strongest evidence that both sexes of monkeys originally like any monkey had moustache & beard & that it has been lost by ♀ through sexual selection. In greater bearing of same case, probably case of simple greater retention but may be due to reversion.

Eschricht, Daniel Frederik. 1837. Ueber die Richtung der Haare am menschlichen Körper. Archiv für Anatomie, Physiologie und wissenschaftliche Medicin (1837): 37-62, pls. III-V. Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 379, n22: "'Ueber die Richtung der Haare am Menschlichen Körper,' in Müller's 'Archiv für Anat. und Phys.' 1837, s. 40." See Darwin to H. M. Wallis 22 March 1881.

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