#protoevolutionary theory

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Thomas Jefferson to John Manners, 22 February 1814

Thomas Jefferson to John Manners, 22 February 1814

[out of order, really, but my reference more than anything...this is probably one of the most complete pieces where Jefferson comes close to classifying his own concept of ‘transformism’/proto-evolutionary structure to the order of the natural world, not necessarily to the development of species adapting to varied selection pressures...]