[Taxacom] Request for memory

[Stan Schultz]

Richard and All -

On 2014-03-09 17:44, Richard Zander wrote:
> I've been using the phrase "the immediate descendants in general are
> usually more similar to the immediate progenitor than they are to
> each other" a lot in a paper I'm writing. I can't remember where I
> read this.
>
> True or not, can anyone let me know who originated this concept?

My memory may be failing me, but I seem to remember a statement to that
effect in Darwin's /Origin of Species.../ (Edition 1, 1859) having
something to do with variation. But, I don't have time to research it.
Perhaps you could find it here
(http://darwin-online.org.uk/content/frameset?itemID=F373&viewtype=text&pageseq=1).

Hope this helps. Best of luck.


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