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Instinct and the Evolution of Mind
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Sources|Discussion Questions|Experiment Slave-making ants For Darwin, slave-making ants were a powerful example of the force of instinct. He used the case of the ant Formica sanguinea in the On the Origin of Species to show how instinct operates—how…
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- … of the Botanic Gardens at Kew, and Henry Walter Bates , a young naturalist who traveled to the …
- … Darwin, Charles. On the Origin of Species . 1859. London: John Murray. (See: Chapter 7 “Instinct” …
- … and the Evolution of Mind Letter 2226 —Frederick Smith to Darwin, 26 Feb 1858 …
- … of F. sanguinea . Letter 2235 —Darwin to Frederick Smith, [before 9 Mar 1858] …
- … is directed only to Smith. Letter 2456 —Frederick Smith to Darwin, 30 Apr 1859 …
- … to Emma Darwin, [25 Apr 1858] Written from Moor Park, a hydropathic medical establishment …
Darwin in letters, 1874: A turbulent year
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The year 1874 was one of consolidation, reflection, and turmoil for Darwin. He spent the early months working on second editions of Coral reefs and Descent of man; the rest of the year was mostly devoted to further research on insectivorous plants. A…
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- … Those present included George Darwin, the psychic researcher Frederick William Henry Myers, and …
- … with the spirit-busting conclusion that Mr Williams was ‘a cheat and an imposter’ ( letter from T. …
- … to America of the ‘strange news’ that Darwin had allowed ‘a spirit séance’ at his home ( letter …
- … only with the help of his daughter Henrietta, whom he thought ‘a good dear girl to take so sweetly …
- … p. v). Among the many contributors was George Cupples, a Scottish deerhound expert who …
- … of Honolulu, Thomas Nettleship Staley, and Titus Munson Coan, a physician in New York whose parents …
- … of the review became known within Darwin’s immediate circle, a bitter dispute ensued over Mivart’s …
- … After re-reading George’s original article he could not see ‘a shadow of foundation for the false, …
- … judgment and that of all the friends whom you had consulted, a calumnious and groundless attack on …
- … with me. George worried that it would be ‘a great annoyance to go to a new publisher’ and …
- … ‘swell’ of his indignation through William Walter Roberts, a Catholic priest and friend of Mivart’s, …
- … apologetic response from Mivart to Huxley, his former teacher; a plethora of excuses followed Mivart …
- … concluded that his Isle of Wight bullfinches had inherited ‘a more utilitarian character than that …
- … the retired diplomat and ornithologist Robert Swinhoe, a valued correspondent on various subjects …
- … edition of John Ferguson McLennan’s Primitive marriage , a work that he had cited as an authority …
- … of stars , Darwin remarked: ‘It is quite a new light to me & a very interesting fact, that …
Darwin’s reading notebooks
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In April 1838, Darwin began recording the titles of books he had read and the books he wished to read in Notebook C (Notebooks, pp. 319–28). In 1839, these lists were copied and continued in separate notebooks. The first of these reading notebooks (DAR 119…
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- … presented here makes this information more widely available. A previous transcript of the reading …
- … about the works were later additions to the notebook text. A number of entries in the ‘Books to be …
- … the scientific works listed on the left-hand pages (labelled ‘a’ in the transcript) and the non …
- … numbered as follows: the verso of the pages of DAR *119, the ‘a’ pages of DAR 119, the odd-numbered …
- … identification of the book or article to which Darwin refers. A full list of these works is given in …
- … until the shelves overflowed, and then, with much lamenting, a day was given up to the cataloguing. …
- … to be Read Humboldt’s New Spain—much about castes [A. von Humboldt 1811] Richardson’s …
- … (Hooker 923) 7 read Decandolle Philosophie [A. P. de Candolle 1821] Decandolle …
- … 1750] (Sometime) Dug. Stewarts works. lives of Reid Smith & giving abstracts of their …
- … on the Dog with illustrations of about 100 varieties [?C. H. Smith 1839–40] 24 Flourens …
- … to be Poor Sir. J. Edwards Botanical Tour [?J. E. Smith 1793] Fabricius (very old) has …
- … of Soul. amongst Ancients [Toland 1704] Adam Smith Moral Sentiments [A. Smith 1759] …
- … on Aurochs [Weissenborn 1838] Smiths grammar [J. E. Smith 1821] & introduct of Botany [J. …
- … Hooker has it.— Very important Hookers letter Jan. 1859 Yules Ava [Yule 1858] (Innes) Hairy …
- … The Dog in health & Disease by Stonehenge—Longman 1859 [Stonehenge 1859].— on Toy–Dogs …
- … [Combe 1828] Macclintocks Arctic Voyage [Macclintock 1859] [DAR *128: 153] …
- … in India [Hodson 1859] (Excellent) June 20. Carlyles Frederick the Great [Carlyle 1858–65] …
- … DAR 71: 29–30.] *119: 6v.; 119: 20a Bennett, Frederick Debell. 1840. Narrative of a …
- … *119: 15; 119: 17b ——. 1858–65. History of Frederick II. of Prussia, called Frederick …
- … [Darwin Library.] *128: 167 [Ferrier, James Frederick]. 1838. An introduction to the …
- … in DAR 116.] *119: 4v.; 119: 4a Herschel, John Frederick William. 1831. A preliminary …
- … 4th ser. 6: 5–73. *128: 157 Neale, Frederick Arthur. 1851. Narrative of a residence at …
- … . 2 vols. Edinburgh and London. 128: 27 Olmsted, Frederick Law. 1856. A journey in the …
Darwin in letters, 1869: Forward on all fronts
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At the start of 1869, Darwin was hard at work making changes and additions for a fifth edition of Origin. He may have resented the interruption to his work on sexual selection and human evolution, but he spent forty-six days on the task. Much of the…
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The evolution of honeycomb
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Honeycombs are natural engineering marvels, using the least possible amount of wax to provide the greatest amount of storage space, with the greatest possible structural stability. Darwin recognised that explaining the evolution of the honey-bee’s comb…
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- … 1858, Darwin went to London to meet William Hallowes Miller, a crystallographer, to discuss the …
- … kinds of bees, and that, in the case of the hive bee, a number of insects worked together, first …
- … explained in more detail: Huber says that first, a very thin & very low little …
- … These experiments were repeated in 2009 by John Williams, a master beekeeper who maintains an …
- … were formed as a result of lateral pressure on the comb, a theory that had been current and that had …
- … piece of humbug they had ever brought forward.’ Frederick Smith however had apparently made …
- … a simple explanation. (Letter to Richard Hill, 8 August [1859] .) Much later, Jeffries Wyman …
- … 8 September [1858] .) In Origin , in November 1859, Darwin published a theory of cell …
- … the bee cell was, when precise measurement was bought to bear, a myth. In 1865, Darwin …
The "wicked book": Origin at 157
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Origin is 157 years old. (Probably) the most famous book in science was published on 24 November 1859. To celebrate we have uploaded hundreds of new images of letters, bringing the total number you can look at here to over 9000 representing more than…
