From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Hugh Falconer
Date:
1 Oct [1862]
Source of text:
DAR 144: 25
Summary:
Extreme interest in MS of HF’s paper on the American fossil elephant [Nat. Hist. Rev. n.s. 3 (1863): 43–114].
Pleased HF does not believe in immutable species. Significance of proboscidean group verging towards extinction. Comments on natural selection preserving type despite variability. Natural selection solves problem of how every part of each creature has become adapted.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project