Our Origin as a Species [in] Longman’s Magazine. Volume I, November 1882
OWEN, Richard
FIRST PUBLICATION OF OWEN'S REJECTIONIST ESSAY
Published: Longman's Magazine, 1882
Stock code: 51812
Price: £112.00
5pp., 8vo., First Edition; modern grey boards, upper board with printed paper label, a near fine copy.
Owen's essay continues his dismissal of Darwin's theory of natural selection. Here he argues against the descent of humans from apes, listing comparative analyses of Neanderthal skulls and other samples, and presaging his own concept of 'ordained becoming'.