RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Haeckel, Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte. CUL-DAR85.A64. Edited by John van Wyhe (Darwin Online, http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
REVISION HISTORY: Transcribed by Christine Chua and edited by John van Wyhe 3.2022. 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).
The pagination for Darwin's notes indicate he was reading the first edition of Ernst Haeckel, Natürliche Schöpfungsgeschichte. Berlin, 1868. There is an inscribed copy in CUL-DAR.LIB.249 PDF Plates A and B: CUL-DAR80.B123 Image
A64
Häckel - Schopfung
p. 235. Women have - 1 more vertebra in tail so less modified & more muscle (W. Turner)
Vertebra in Tail
Prof. Humphry says very difficult to ascertain.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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