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From:
Chauncey Wright
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
3 Sept 1874
Source of text:
DAR 181: 172, 173 f. 6
Summary:

Writes at length on the origins and meanings of particular head movements as used to express assent or disagreement, especially the sideways movements of the head as an expression of consideration or contemplation.

Also discusses space and colour perception.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
From:
Chauncey Wright
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
24 Feb 1875
Source of text:
DAR 181: 173 fos. 1–5
Summary:

Speculates on the function of eyebrows and of hair and the furrows of the forehead. Considers many features and faculties to serve, or to have served, more than one function, either simultaneously or successively. Determining the one function through which natural selection has acted in developing it is unrealistic and not worth while.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project