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The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Quotes

An American monkey, an Ateles, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus was wiser than many men. - Charles Darwin (The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Quotes)

An American monkey, an Ateles, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus was wiser than many men.

Source:(John Murray, ed. 1871), Volume I, Part I. On the Descent of Man, Chapter I. The Evidence of the Descent of Man from some Lower Form, Page 12
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Charles Darwin - The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex Quotes
  • Book: The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex
  • Writer: Charles Darwin
  • Genre: Science
  • Published: 1871
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