From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
Alfred Russel Wallace
Date:
26 Feb [1867]
Source of text:
The British Library (Add 46434, f. 76)
Summary:
ARW’s explanation of protective value of conspicuous coloration is ingenious.
CD still holds to sexual selection with respect to beauty in male butterflies.
Sexual selection and the races of man.
Expression of emotions is another subject he plans to include in his essay [Descent].
Asks ARW to suggest an observer in Malay Archipelago to whom he might send queries [on expression].
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project