Evolution, Old & New / Or, the Theories of Buffon, Dr. Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck, / as compared with that of Charles Darwin

Samuel Butler

• Essays
• Book language: English
• 352 pages

A collection of essays on the history of evolutionary thought. Samuel Butler compares the theories of Buffon, Erasmus Darwin and Lamarck with Charles Darwin's, touching on inheritance, habit and the transformation of species. It is worth listening to as an insight into nineteenth-century scientific debate.

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