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Author Eiseley, Loren C., 1907-1977.

Title Darwin and the mysterious Mr. X : new light on the evolutionists / Loren Eiseley
Edition First edition
Published London [etc.] : Dent, 1979

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Description xiii, 278 pages, 12 unnumbered pages of plates : 1 illustration, portraits ; 22cm
Contents Part 1. The dancers in the ring: Charles Darwin - Alfred Russel Wallace - Charles Lyell - Charles Darwin, Edward Blyth and the theory of natural selection - Darwin, Coleridge, and the theory of unconscious creation - Part 2. The documentary evidence: The varieties of animals - Seasonal and other changes in birds - Psychological distinctions between man and other animals - Part 3. The forgotten parent: Edward Blyth - Part 4. The evolution of man: Neanderthal Man and the dawn of human paleontology - The intellectual antecedents of The Descent of Man
Analysis Organisms Evolution Natural selection Theories of Darwin, Charles Formulation
Notes Includes bibliographical references and index
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Blyth, Edward, 1810-1873.
Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
Evolution -- History.
Natural selection -- History.
Naturalists -- England -- Biography.
Biological Evolution -- history
Genre/Form Biographies.
ISBN 0460044710