Darwin's Letters to Lyell

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Keywords
Frederick Burkhardt Charles Lyell Charles Darwin Letter Correspondence Immutability Origin of Species Evidence Criticism evolution
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Science
Grade Levels
Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12
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Darwin's Letters to Lyell

In this letter written to friend and mentor Charles Lyell less than three weeks after the publication of On the Origin of Species, Darwin describes the reaction of the anatomist Richard Owen to Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection.
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