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Darwin's sacred cause : race, slavery and the quest for human origins

Darwin was committed to the abolition of slavery, in part because of his family's deeply held beliefs. Written by world authorities on Darwin, this title gives a completely new explanation of how Darwin came to his famous view of evolution, which traced all life to an ancient common ancestor.
Print Book, English, 2010
Penguin books, London, 2010
xxi, 484 p., [16] p. de làm. : il., map. ; 24 cm
9780141032207, 0141032200
1120341141