When Charles Darwin\u92s daughter Anne Elizabeth (\u91Annie\u92, Photograph 1 ) died at the age of 10 years on April 23, 1851 her parents were devastated. Charles Darwin was a devoted father and constantly concerned about the health of his 10 children. His concerns were also motivated by fear of the consequences of marriage between relatives: Emma Wedgewood, his wife, was also his first cousin. 1 The possible adverse effects of consanguineous marriage, which was not uncommon in England at that time, were a matter of debate. Annie\u92s death, and self-fertilization experiments in plants, made him suspect that \u91marriage between near relations is likewise injurious\u92. 2 In 1870, Darwin motivated his mathematician son George to study the p...
and the successor of eminent morphologist Carl Gegenbaur (1826–1903), who resigned from Jena in 1862...
After returning from the Beagle in 1836, Charles Darwin suffered for over 40 years from long bouts o...
Harriett came to the Territory with her husband Henry in 1891. She was one of the few white women w...
\u91I\u92m not quite sure that it's a good thing for cousins to marry\u92, remarks Dr Crofts in Trol...
In 1877, the newly founded British journal Mind published two papers on child development. The earli...
reported a very high incidence of first-cousin mar-riages in their families. A smaller proportion of...
In 1860 Florence Nightingale conducted a study on the mortality rates of indigenous children attendi...
Charles Darwin's long-term illness has been the subject of much speculation. His numerous symptoms h...
The theme of the present paper is the story of Darwin’s conversion as spread by Elizabeth Hope. Her ...
In the 19th century, debates over heredity were fuelled by anecdotal evidence and special, unusual c...
The theme of the present paper is the story of Darwin’s conversion as spread by Elizabeth Hope. Her...
Annie was born to Ann and George Birkett in Liverpool, Lancashire. Annie and her sister Isabella Jan...
Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the HMS Beagle led him around the world on a collecting journey th...
Charles Darwin\u27s Autobiography was first published in 1887, five years after his death. It was a ...
Charles Darwin on his voyage aboard H. M. S. Beagle contracted a mysterious illness that persisted t...
and the successor of eminent morphologist Carl Gegenbaur (1826–1903), who resigned from Jena in 1862...
After returning from the Beagle in 1836, Charles Darwin suffered for over 40 years from long bouts o...
Harriett came to the Territory with her husband Henry in 1891. She was one of the few white women w...
\u91I\u92m not quite sure that it's a good thing for cousins to marry\u92, remarks Dr Crofts in Trol...
In 1877, the newly founded British journal Mind published two papers on child development. The earli...
reported a very high incidence of first-cousin mar-riages in their families. A smaller proportion of...
In 1860 Florence Nightingale conducted a study on the mortality rates of indigenous children attendi...
Charles Darwin's long-term illness has been the subject of much speculation. His numerous symptoms h...
The theme of the present paper is the story of Darwin’s conversion as spread by Elizabeth Hope. Her ...
In the 19th century, debates over heredity were fuelled by anecdotal evidence and special, unusual c...
The theme of the present paper is the story of Darwin’s conversion as spread by Elizabeth Hope. Her...
Annie was born to Ann and George Birkett in Liverpool, Lancashire. Annie and her sister Isabella Jan...
Charles Darwin's famous voyage on the HMS Beagle led him around the world on a collecting journey th...
Charles Darwin\u27s Autobiography was first published in 1887, five years after his death. It was a ...
Charles Darwin on his voyage aboard H. M. S. Beagle contracted a mysterious illness that persisted t...
and the successor of eminent morphologist Carl Gegenbaur (1826–1903), who resigned from Jena in 1862...
After returning from the Beagle in 1836, Charles Darwin suffered for over 40 years from long bouts o...
Harriett came to the Territory with her husband Henry in 1891. She was one of the few white women w...