RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1868]. Abstract of Rütimeyer, Die Grenzen der Thierwelt. CUL-DAR85.A84. 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 3.2022. RN2
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Rütimeyer Die Grenzie Th. p. 55. M. S. Trans
good remark on gradation of sexual difference in Gorilla, Orang & Chimpanzee. = Perhaps use under Man. Sex. Selection
(Perhaps use under Sex Selection Mammals)
Rütimeyer, Ludwig. 1868. Die Grenzen der Thierwelt: eine Betrachtung zu Darwin's Lehre; Karl Ernst von Baer zugewidmet. Basel: Schweigerhaus (Hugo Richter). [inscribed] CUL-DAR.LIB.554 PDF Darwin cited this in Descent 2: 323, n20: "Rütimeyer, 'Die Grenzen der Thierwelt; eine Betrachtung zu Darwin's Lehre,' 1868, s. 54."
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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