RECORD: Darwin, C. R. [1870-1874]. Abstract of Flower, Osteology. CUL-DAR87.182. 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
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-DAR87-90 contain material for Darwin's book Descent of man 2d ed. (1874-1877).
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For Descent of Man. new Edit
Flower Osteology see Proc Z. Soc Man.
p. 64 number of coccygeal vertebrae in Apes & Man.
Man?
p. 294. Marsupial bones do not support marsupial sack, so I have made great error.
Flower, William Henry. 1870. An introduction to the osteology of Mammalia. London: Macmillan. [signed] CUL-DAR.LIB.195 PDF Darwin cited this in Descent, 2d ed., p. 161.
Citation: John van Wyhe, ed. 2002-. The Complete Work of Charles Darwin Online. (http://darwin-online.org.uk/)
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