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To Francis Galton   [27 April 1870?]

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Is much obliged for information [about rabbits?].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  [27 Apr 1870?]
Classmark:  DAR 105: A16v
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7176

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  • … a draft written on the back of the letter of 26 April 1870 . …
  • … between this letter and the letter from Francis Galton, 26 April 1870 . This letter is …
  • … See letter from Francis Galton, 26 April 1870 . …

From Francis Galton   12 May 1870

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Good news: one little rabbit has a white forefoot.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  12 May 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: A17–18
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7185

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  • … of transfusing blood in rabbits in his letter of 8 April 1870 . Galton’s experiments were …
  • … of pangenesis (see letter from Francis Galton, 15 March 1870  and n.  2). For accounts of …
  • … 2003 , pp.  116–18. Violetta Galton . See letter from Francis Galton, 26 April 1870 . …
  • … of London 19 (1870–1): 393–410. Pearson, Karl. 1914–30. The life, letters and labours of …

From Francis Galton   31 March 1870

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Better news about the rabbits.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  31 Mar 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: 11–12
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7156

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  • … Dee Bartlett . See letter from Francis Galton, 17 March 1870  and n.  1. Galton refers to …
  • … write ‘Bartlett’; see letter from Francis Galton, 8 April 1870 . A review by Frances Power …
  • … See letters from Francis Galton , 15 March 1870  and n.   …
  • … 17 March 1870 . CD must have communicated this information to Galton in a letter that has …
  • 1870 . CD may have sent Galton his copy of Naudin 1862 ; there is an annotated copy in the Darwin Library–CUL (see Marginalia 1: 638–9). The pamphlets have not been identified. The experiments have not been identified. See letter

From Francis Galton   8 April 1870

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The mark he had thought a variation is not, and he thinks his infusion still too small even when the blood is defibrinised.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Apr 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: A13–14
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7161

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  • … in the Theological Review ( Cobbe 1870 ). No letter from CD to Galton commenting on the …
  • … see the annotation to the letter from Francis Galton, 31 March 1870  and n.  8. A second …
  • … See letter from Francis Galton, 31 March 1870 . Abraham Dee Bartlett was assisting Galton …

From Francis Galton   1 June 1870

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Thanks CD for his help and encouragement in his series of experiments [to test Pangenesis].

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  1 June 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: 19–20
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7212

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  • … of later offspring. See letter from Francis Galton, 15 March 1870  and n.  2, and Galton  …
  • … process of ‘defibrinisation’, see the letter from Francis Galton, 8 April 1870  and n.  4. …
  • … been found. Galton’s last known letter to CD is dated 12 May 1870. Galton was testing CD’s …
  • 1870 My dear Darwin Though I have no new litter to report, & shall only have one before the end of this month, I do not like to let more time go by, without heartily thanking you for your helpful & encouraging letter. …

From Francis Galton   22 March 1870

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Variety in rabbits less than he hoped for; will try a new mode of transfusion.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Mar 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: 9–10
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7143

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  • … See letters from Francis Galton , 15 March 1870  and n.  2, and 17 March 1870 . …
  • 1870 My dear Darwin Another litter;— this time of 4,— and all of them are true silver greys. — Also, one of the does (mentioned in my last letter

From Francis Galton   28 June 1870

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[William Rathbone] Greg is author [of "Failure of ""natural selection"" in the case of man", Fraser’s Magazine 78 (1868): 353–62].

Comments on findings in J. M. Duncan [Fecundity, fertility, sterility and allied topics (1866)].

Saw A. D. Bartlett about monkeys.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  28 June 1870
Classmark:  DAR 80: B160–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7249

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  • … in London; Bartlett was the superintendent. See letter from Francis Galton, 25 June 1870 . …
  • … 24 June to 1 July 1870 (CD’s ‘Journal’ (Appendix II)); no letter to Galton written during …

From Francis Galton   26 April 1870

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Rabbits still running true; hopes to increase alien blood to 30%.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 Apr 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: A15–16
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7175

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  • … test CD’s hypothesis of pangenesis; his last letter was on 8 April 1870. Violetta Galton . …

From Francis Galton   25 June 1870

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Two, perhaps all three, doe [rabbits] are sterile after the transfusions; will try another method.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  25 June 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: A21–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7245

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  • … See letter from Francis Galton, 15 March 1870  and n.  2. See Galton 1871 , pp.  402–3. On …

From Francis Galton   17 March 1870

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Experiments are not going well, but the quantity of blood transfused was small.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  17 Mar 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: 7–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7139

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  • … 1871 , p.  395). See letter from Francis Galton, 15 March 1870  and n.  2. Galton was …

From Francis Galton   9 January 1871

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Definite results have been delayed, but he is optimistic.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  9 Jan 1871
Classmark:  DAR 105: A23–4
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7432

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  • … and Correspondence vol.  18, letter from Francis Galton, 31 March 1870  and nn.  5 and 6). …

From Francis Galton   26 May 1872

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Again seeks help with his rabbits; hopes one of CD’s men can take them.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  26 May 1872
Classmark:  DAR 105: A57–8
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8352

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  • … Crookes 1870 and 1871) and published a further one in 1874 ( Crookes 1874 ). See letter to …

From Francis Galton   8 November 1875

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Responds to suggestions and criticisms CD made to "theory of heredity" [see 10245].

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  8 Nov 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A88–9
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10250

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  • 1870, had given me additional fear that there was something wrong. All the other points you refer to in your letter, …
  • letter to Francis Galton, 7 November [1875] ). Charles Édouard Brown-Séquard had communicated a paper ‘On apparent transmission of abnormal conditions due to accidental causes’ at the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science at Liverpool in 1870, …
  • 1870), Transactions of the sections, p. 134). CD had referred Galton to a recent summary of Brown-Séquard’s research on the inheritance of acquired conditions ( Brown-Séquard 1875 ; see letter

To Francis Galton   1 August [1872]

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George Snow, the carrier, now leaves Nag’s Head on Thursday mornings.

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  1 Aug [1872]
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/11)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8442

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  • 1870). Galton evidently wanted to send CD one of the rabbits on which he had been experimenting (see letters

From Francis Galton   19 April 1872

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Has attended one more séance, which he describes; tells of the freedom investigators have to check, although they cannot prearrange, experiments.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  19 Apr 1872
Classmark:  DAR 105: A53–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8293

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  • 1870, and concluded that Home possessed a psychic force that could be used to modify gravity and produce musical effects ( ODNB ; see also letter

From Francis Galton   24 September 1875

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Sends a lecture CD wished to see

and corrects himself about the twins.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  24 Sept 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A82
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10169

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  • … of London 19 (1870–1): 393–410. Pearson, Karl. 1914–30. The life, letters and labours of …

From Francis Galton   15 March 1870

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Interim report on the experiments with rabbits [to test Pangenesis].

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  15 Mar 1870
Classmark:  DAR 105: 5–6
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7133

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  • … of London 19 (1870–1): 393–410. Pearson, Karl. 1914–30. The life, letters and labours of …

From Francis Galton   22 September 1875

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Thinks CD’s case of twins with crooked fingers may be one from his twin study.

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  22 Sept 1875
Classmark:  DAR 105: A80–1
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-10163

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  • … J. & A. Churchill. 1870–1905. Pearson, Karl. 1914–30. The life, letters and labours of …

From Francis Galton   11 December 1869

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Asks CD’s advice on procuring rabbits for experiments [to test Pangenesis by transfusing alien blood into does and breeding from them].

Author:  Francis Galton
Addressee:  Charles Robert Darwin
Date:  11 Dec 1869
Classmark:  DAR 105: 1–2
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-7026

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  • 1870–1): 393–410. Marginalia : Charles Darwin’s marginalia. Edited by Mario A. Di Gregorio with the assistance of Nicholas W. Gill. Vol. 1. New York and London: Garland Publishing. 1990. Pearson, Karl. 1914–30. The life, letters

To Francis Galton   4 January [1873]

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Comments on FG’s article ["Hereditary improvement", Fraser’s Mag. 87 (1873): 116–30]. Finds it "the sole feasible, yet I fear utopian, plan of procedure in improving the human race".

Thanks for rabbits for Balfour.

Mentions reading W. R. Greg’s Enigmas [of life (1872)].

Author:  Charles Robert Darwin
Addressee:  Francis Galton
Date:  4 Jan [1873]
Classmark:  UCL Library Services, Special Collections (GALTON/1/1/9/5/7/14)
Letter no:  DCP-LETT-8724

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  • 1870–1): 393–410. Galton, Francis. 1874. English men of science: their nature and nurture. London: Macmillan and Co. Greg, William Rathbone. 1872. Enigmas of life. London: Trübner. Pearson, Karl. 1914–30. The life, letters
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Darwin in letters,1870: Human evolution

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The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the year at work on the Descent of Man & Selection in relation to Sex’.  Descent was the culmination of over three decades of observations and reflections on…

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  • … The year 1870 is aptly summarised by the brief entry Darwin made in his journal: ‘The whole of the …

Darwin’s queries on expression

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When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations more widely and composed a list of queries on human expression. A number of handwritten copies were sent out in 1867 (see, for example, letter to Fritz Muller…

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  • … When Darwin resumed systematic research on emotions around 1866, he began to collect observations …

Women as a scientific audience

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Target audience? | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's letters, in particular those exchanged with his editors and publisher, reveal a lot about his intended audience. Regardless of whether or not women were deliberately targeted as a…

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  • … Target audience?  | Female readership | Reading Variation Darwin's …

Women’s scientific participation

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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…

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  • … Observers |  Fieldwork |  Experimentation |  Editors and critics  |  Assistants …

Francis Darwin

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Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished scientist. He was an undergraduate at Trinity College, Cambridge, initially studying mathematics, but then transferring to natural sciences.  Francis completed…

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  • … Known to his family as ‘Frank’, Charles Darwin’s seventh child himself became a distinguished …

Jane Gray

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Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…

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  • … Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 …

Casting about: Darwin on worms

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Earthworms were the subject of a citizen science project to map the distribution of earthworms across Britain (BBC Today programme, 26 May 2014). The general understanding of the role earthworms play in improving soils and providing nutrients for plants to…

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  • … Earthworms featured in the news announcement in May 2014 that a citizen science project had …

Capturing Darwin’s voice: audio of selected letters

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On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were very pleased to welcome Terry Molloy back to the Darwin Correspondence Project for a special recording session. Terry, known for his portrayal of Davros in Dr…

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  • … On a sunny Wednesday in June 2011 in a makeshift recording studio somewhere in Cambridge, we were …

Darwin and Gender Projects by Harvard Students

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Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin Correspondence Project staff developed a customised set of 'Darwin and Gender' themed resources for a course on Gender, Sex and Evolution first taught at Harvard…

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  • … Working in collaboration with Professor Sarah Richardson and Dr Myrna Perez, Darwin …

Science: A Man’s World?

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Discussion Questions|Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth-century women participated in the world of science, be it as experimenters, observers, editors, critics, producers, or consumers. Despite this, much of the…

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  • … Discussion Questions | Letters Darwin's correspondence show that many nineteenth …

Experimenting with emotions

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Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the sounds and gestures of the peoples of Tierra del Fuego. On his return, he started recording observations in a set of notebooks, later labelled '…

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  • … Darwin’s interest in emotions can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by …

Cross and self fertilisation

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The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom, published on 10 November 1876, was the result of a decade-long project to provide evidence for Darwin’s belief that ‘‘Nature thus tells us, in the most emphatic manner, that she abhors…

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  • … The effects of cross and self fertilisation in the vegetable kingdom , published on 10 November …

John Lubbock

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John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down House, Down, Kent; the total of one hundred and seventy surviving letters he went on to exchange with Darwin is a large number considering that the two men lived…

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  • … John Lubbock was eight years old when the Darwins moved into the neighbouring property of Down …

Evolution: Selected Letters of Charles Darwin 1860-1870

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This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific colleagues around the world; letters by the critics who tried to stamp out his ideas, and by admirers who helped them to spread. It takes up the story of…

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  • … This selection of Charles Darwin’s letters includes correspondence with his friends and scientific …

Darwin in public and private

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Extracts from Darwin's published works, in particular Descent of man, and selected letters, explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual selection in humans, and both his publicly and privately expressed views on its practical implications…

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  • … The following extracts and selected letters explore Darwin's views on the operation of sexual …

Darwin in letters, 1882: Nothing too great or too small

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In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and for the first time in decades he was not working on another book. He remained active in botanical research, however. Building on his recent studies in plant…

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  • … In 1882, Darwin reached his 74th year Earthworms had been published the previous October, and …

Photograph album of Dutch admirers

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Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific admirers in the Netherlands. He wrote to the Dutch zoologist Pieter Harting, An account of your countrymen’s generous sympathy in having sent me on my…

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  • … Darwin received the photograph album for his birthday on 12 February 1877 from his scientific …

Darwin on race and gender

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Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In Descent of man, he tried to explain the origin of human races, and many of the differences between the sexes, with a single theory: sexual selection. Sexual…

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  • … Darwin’s views on race and gender are intertwined, and mingled also with those of class. In …

3.16 Oscar Rejlander, photos

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< Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals (1872) led him to the Swedish-born painter and photographer, Oscar Gustaf Rejlander. Rejlander gave Darwin the notes that he had…

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  • … < Back to Introduction Darwin’s plans for the illustration of his book The …

Moral Nature

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In Descent of Man, Darwin argued that human morality had evolved from the social instincts of animals, especially the bonds of sympathy and love. Darwin gathered observations over many decades on animal behavior: the heroic sacrifices of social insects,…

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  • … Letters | Selected Readings In Descent of Man , Darwin argued that human …
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