From A. F. Boardman 18 March 1872

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20.

Please cite as “DCP-LETT-8245,” in Ɛpsilon: The Charles Darwin Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/dcp-data/letters/DCP-LETT-8245

Summary

On how various human emigrations have supported the work of natural selection.

Defends the view that soil and air account for taller stature of westerners in U. S.

Letter details

Record number: DCP-LETT-8245
From: Alexander F. Boardman
To: Charles Robert Darwin
Date: 18 Mar 1872
Sent from: Brunswick, Maine
Source of text: DAR 160: 232
Physical description: 8pp

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Also published in The Correspondence of Charles Darwin, vol. 20.