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Darwin and the forgotten Mr. Lonsdale

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

Paul Tasch
Paul Tasch
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(Pennsylvania State College)
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Abstract

William Lonsdale's associations with Sedgwick, Murchison. and Darwin are noted and his inference that the “transition series” was Devonian age, derived in 1837 from a study of fossil corals, is interpreted as an unique contribution to the belief that “species undergo modification”. As the first applied evolutionist, it is argued that he belongs on the list of important early contributors to the theory of evolution.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 87 , Issue 4 , August 1950 , pp. 292 - 296
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1950

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