From:
William Boyd Dawkins
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
29 Jan [1870]
Source of text:
DAR 162: 122
Summary:
Discovery of skull of "River-bed" race of man near Corwen.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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Discovery of skull of "River-bed" race of man near Corwen.
The box of bones sent by CD has led to a series of explorations. Reports on Yorkshire cave-hunting.
Thanks for the present of CD’s long-expected book [Descent].
Describes the successful excavation of caves containing interred remains of Neolithic man.
Asks CD’s support for his application for the Chair of Geology at Oxford.
Wants references to facts quoted in Variation for an essay he is writing on origin of British cattle.
Is glad CD is pleased with his book [Cave hunting (1874)].
Relationship between language and race. The Basques.
Asks CD to sign papers for Royal Society candidacy of W. B. Clarke.