Bonus episode! Today, I'm going to focus on a less well-known story from the Darwin family. Specifically, let's look at William Erasmus Darwin, the eldest child of the family. In 1877, Darwin published an article about his observations of William's development.
Sources for this episode:
- Darwin, C. R. (1877), A biographical sketch of an infant. Scientific American Supplement 86: 1373- 1374 (online). Available at: Internet Archive [Accessed 25/03/2021].
- Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), William Erasmus Darwin (online) [Accessed 25/03/2021].
- Author unknown, Wikipedia (date unknown), The Descent of Man (online) [Accessed 26/03/2021].