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From:
John Denison Baldwin
To:
Charles Robert Darwin
Date:
4 Jan 1873
Source of text:
DAR 160: 21
Summary:

Has studied CD’s books and accepts evolution without giving up belief in creation of first forms.

On theory in Descent, suggests offspring of the original [human] progenitor dispersed before a human stage arrived at; this would account for races and languages with no discernible common origin.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project
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From:
Charles Robert Darwin
To:
John Denison Baldwin
Date:
21 Jan [1873]
Source of text:
Steven S. Raab (dealer) (September 2001)
Summary:

Discusses JDB’s views on the spread of human-like creatures across the world, and the development of language.

Contributor:
Darwin Correspondence Project