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From B. J. Sulivan   13 February [1868]f1 Bournemouth Feby. 13. My dear Darwin As Mr Stirling has sent me the recpt. you may as well have it with the Photo of the four Fuegian boys which he wishes me to send you in case you have not seen it. He…

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  • … Woods and Woods 1997). CD had remarked on the birds’ tame behaviour in his Journal of researches …
  • … information, data, scientific description breeding behaviour descent fauna humanity …

Natural Science and Femininity

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Discussion Questions|Letters A conflation of masculine intellect and feminine thoughts, habits and feelings, male naturalists like Darwin inhabited an uncertain gendered identity. Working from the private domestic comfort of their homes and exercising…

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  • … He spent a lot of time observing his children’s behaviour in their home at Down, and published …

Human Nature

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The early 1870s were a turning point in the global debate about human evolution, with deep implications for science, colonial expansion, industrial progress, religious belief, and ethical and philosophical debate. Darwin’s correspondence from this period…

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  • … and scientists still disagree about the evolution of moral behaviour, religious temperament, …
  • … evolutionary, understanding of the development of human behaviour. The irony of this was not lost on …
  • … an exhaustive survey of sexual characteristics and emotional behaviour in the animal kingdom; he …

Darwin and dogs

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Darwin was almost always in the company of dogs. Nina, Spark, Pincher, and Shiela. Snow, Dash, Bob, and Bran. The beloved terrier Polly (right). They were Darwin's constant companions at home and in the field, on walks and in sport, in his study and…

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  • … of study. Darwin observed their variations in breed and behaviour, their adaptation to specific …
  • … down hare. Darwin also studied the social behaviour of dogs, noting their bonds of …
  • … of feeling, he argued, formed the foundation of moral behaviour in humans. Inspired partly by …

4.13 'Fun' cartoon by Griset, 'Emotional'

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< Back to Introduction Ernest Griset’s drawing titled ‘Emotional!’ was published in Fun magazine on 23 November  1872, and is another skit referring to Darwin’s recently published Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals. A hippopotamus had been…

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  • … on 5 November, exciting great public interest. However, the behaviour of the stressed mother animal …
  • … a degree of scepticism about the interpretations of animal behaviour and expressions offered in …

The expression of emotions

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Darwin’s work on emotional expression, from notes in his Beagle diary and observations of his own children, to questionnaires, and experiments with photographs, was an integral part of his broad research on human evolution. It provided one of the main…

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  • … are recorded in his Beagle diary, in notes about the behaviour of native peoples, particularly …
  • … its evidentiary base. He gathered information on emotional behaviour in non-Europeans through a …

Expression

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Darwin's interest in emotional expression can be traced as far back as the Beagle voyage. He was fascinated by the different sounds and gestures among the peoples of Tierra del Fuego, and on his return from the voyage he started recording observations…

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  • … of language, aesthetic taste, and sympathy, comparing the behaviour of humans and animals. Darwin& …
  • … cats, and Henrietta made a series of observations on their behaviour: one ' about the age of …

Richard Matthews

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Richard Matthews was 21 years old when he stepped aboard the Beagle, destined for a lonely career as a missionary in Tierra del Fuego. The Church Missionary Society had arranged for him to accompany the three Fuegians (Fuegia Basket, Jemmy Button, and York…

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  • … of his return, Matthews had been subjected to intimidating behaviour, most of his belongings had …
  • … Mission in the Far North District of New Zealand, but his behaviour frequently threatened the …

What is an experiment?

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Darwin is not usually regarded as an experimenter, but rather as an astute observer and a grand theorist. His early career seems to confirm this. He began with detailed note-taking, collecting and cataloguing on the Beagle, and edited a descriptive zoology…

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  • … variations in flower forms and pigeon breeds, watching the behaviour of his children and pets, …
  • … experimental: his studies of infant development and animal behaviour, the detailed work on barnacles …

2.13 Edgar Boehm, statue in the NHM

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< Back to Introduction Edgar Boehm’s marble statue of Darwin in the Natural History Museum was commissioned by the committee of the Darwin Memorial Fund. This body had been set up by Darwin’s friends after his death in 1882, with the aim of providing…

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  • … phenomena of evolutionary variation and adaptation, animal behaviour, sexual dimorphism, protective …

Darwin in letters, 1837–1843: The London years to 'natural selection'

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The seven-year period following Darwin's return to England from the Beagle voyage was one of extraordinary activity and productivity in which he became recognised as a naturalist of outstanding ability, as an author and editor, and as a professional…

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  • … described the locations of the fossils and the habitats and behaviour of the living species he had …

4.14 'Fun' cartoon, 'That troubles'

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< Back to Introduction Of all the cartoons showing Darwin as an ape, ‘That troubles our monkey again’ by John Gordon Thomson is the only one that hints, albeit playfully, at improper behaviour. Descent of Man had been criticised for its apparent…

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  • … is the only one that hints, albeit playfully, at improper behaviour. Descent of Man had been …

Jane Gray

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Jane Loring Gray, the daughter of a Boston lawyer, married the Harvard botanist Asa Gray in 1848 and evidence suggests that she took an active interest in the scientific pursuits of her husband and his friends. Although she is only known to have…

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  • … with Darwin once, sending him observations about the behaviour of her dog (letter from J. L. Gray, …

Evolutionary views of human nature

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From April 2010 until 31 March 2013, the Darwin Correspondendence Project ran an major international research project 'Exploring Evolutionary Views of Human Nature through Darwin’s Correspondence'.   Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research…

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  • … his network of correspondents to gather information on human behaviour and sexual selection across …

St George Jackson Mivart

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In the second half of 1874, Darwin’s peace was disturbed by an anonymous article in the Quarterly Review suggesting that his son George was opposed to the institution of marriage and in favour of ‘unrestrained licentiousness’. Darwin suspected, correctly,…

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  • … the fierce loyalty of his friends, and contemporary codes of behaviour in scientific society. It has …

Women’s scientific participation

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Observers | Fieldwork | Experimentation | Editors and critics | Assistants Darwin’s correspondence helps bring to light a community of women who participated, often actively and routinely, in the nineteenth-century scientific community. Here is a…

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  • … provides her father with observations of cats’ instinctive behaviour. Letter 4258 - …

Gaston de Saporta

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The human-like qualities of great apes have always been a source of scientific and popular fascination, and no less in the Victorian period than in any other. Darwin himself, of course, marshalled similarities in physiology, behaviour and emotional…

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  • … himself, of course, marshalled similarities in physiology, behaviour and emotional expression …

Darwin's 1874 letters go online

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The full transcripts and footnotes of over 600 letters to and from Charles Darwin in 1874 are published online for the first time. You can read about Darwin's life in 1874 through his letters and see a full list of the letters. The 1874 letters…

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  • … the fierce loyalty of his friends, and contemporary codes of behaviour in scientific society. Find …

William Darwin born

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The Darwins' first child, William Erasmus Darwin, is born.  His father immediately starts to record observations on his behaviour and development. Years later these are published in the journal Mind.

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  • … His father immediately starts to record observations on his behaviour and development. Years later …

Titus Coan

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In 1874, when Darwin was preparing the second edition of Descent of Man, he received letters from all over the world in reply to his queries about human behaviour; one in particular would have stirred up unexpected memories of his own time among the native…

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  • … from all over the world in reply to his queries about human behaviour; one in particular would …
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