We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped, probably arboreal in its habits, and an inhabitant of the Old World.

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Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex. London: John Murray, 1871, pt. 3, ch. 21.

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Darwin, Charles. The Descent of Man. Penguin Classics, 2004, pt. 3, ch. 21.

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A quote by Charles Darwin about human origins: “We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped…”

A quote by Charles Darwin about human origins: “We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped…”

A quote by Charles Darwin about human origins: “We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy, tailed quadruped…”