“When primeval man first used flint stones for any purpose, he would have accidentally splintered them, and would then have used the sharp fragments. From this step it would be a small one to break the flints on purpose and not a very wide step to fashion them rudely.”
Quote by Charles Darwin
Work
The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex ... Second Edition, Revised and Augmented, with Illustrations. Tenth Thousand
This book is a revised and augmented second edition of a seminal work on evolutionary theory and sexual selection. It includes illustrations and represents an updated version of the original text. more
Author
Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin, a British naturalist, is renowned as the founder of evolutionary biology. Born on February 12, 1809, in England, he passed away on April 19, 1882. Darwin is best known for his research on the theory of evolution, which proposed that species evolve through natural selection and survival of the fittest. more