From Hugh Falconer   25 October and 12 November [1859]

Summary

The antlers of 800 deer of the glacial period have been found in a cave. They show great variety of form, but gradation from one to the other can be traced when all are laid out. Suggests CD study changes that have taken place in the species since glacial period.

Has ordered the wicked book [Origin] CD has been so long a-hatching.

Letter details

Record number

DCP-LETT-2511

From

Hugh Falconer

To

Charles Robert Darwin

Date

25 Oct 1859

Date

12 Nov 1859

Sent from

London, Sackville St, 31

Source of text

DAR 47: 215–17

Physical description

5pp †

Contributor

Darwin Correspondence Project[View Ɛpsilon collection]

Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 7.

• Darwin, C. R.
• Falconer, Hugh