Of stones, men and angels: The competing myth of Isabelle Duncan's Pre-Adamite Man (1860)

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C :Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 59-104

  Snobelen, Stephen David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Angels; Darwin; Genesis; Geology; Natural theology; Preadamism

Indexed keywords

EID: 0035216472     PISSN: 13698486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1369-8486(00)00021-2     Document Type: Article

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