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The Lyell–Lubbock dispute

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In May 1865 a dispute arose between John Lubbock and Charles Lyell when Lubbock, in his book Prehistoric times, accused Lyell of plagiarism. The dispute caused great dismay among many of their mutual scientific friends, some of whom took immediate action…

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  • … with the remains of extinct species such as the mammoth ( Correspondence vol. 8, letter to …
  • … History Review , Lubbock produced a final article on ‘Cave-men’ (Lubbock 1864) that summarised …
  • … and Joseph Prestwich properly for their work in the Brixham cave explorations of 1858 and 1859. 5 …
  • … Review  n.s. 3: 211–19. Lubbock, John. 1864. Cave-men.  Natural History Review  n.s. 4: …
  • … Press. Wilson, Leonard Gilchrist. 1996a. Brixham Cave and Sir Charles Lyell’s …  the …

Darwin in letters, 1863: Quarrels at home, honours abroad

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At the start of 1863, Charles Darwin was actively working on the manuscript of The variation of animals and plants under domestication, anticipating with excitement the construction of a hothouse to accommodate his increasingly varied botanical experiments…

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  • … found in association with bones from animals like the woolly mammoth and cave bear ( see letter …
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