From:
Hermann Brehmer
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
17 Apr 1876
Source of text:
DAR 160: 285–6
Summary:
Discusses geographic distribution of tuberculosis and possible explanations for disease-free areas and populations.
Does not think a local population with some distinct physiological character can properly be designated as a race. Thinks local conditions, not natural selection, responsible for such characters. Ernst Haeckel agrees. Asks CD’s opinion.
Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
