RECORD: Darwin, C. R. n.d. Abstract of Wake, The mental characteristics of Primitive Man, exemplified by the Australian aborigines. CUL-DAR87.159. 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. 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-DAR 87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).
C. Staniland Wake. 1871. The mental characteristics of Primitive Man, exemplified by the Australian aborigines. Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute, etc. 1 (1872): 74-84.
Darwin cited this in Descent 2d ed., p. 117: "With respect to savages, Mr. Winwood Reade informs me that the negroes of West Africa often commit suicide."
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W. Reade Martyrdom of Man on origin of Dreaming
Journal of Anthropolog. Institute. No I 1871 p. 76. Admiral Wilkes says Australian no laws but the universal repetition of their association has a strong tendency to the preserve strict observance of ancient customs.
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