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A vision of humanity united

Nature volume 457, pages 792–793 (2009) Cite this article

A controversial new reconstruction of Charles Darwin's life suggests his family's campaign against slavery influenced his belief that all humans evolved from a single ancestor, explains W. F. Bynum.

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  1. W. F. Bynum is emeritus professor of the history of medicine at University College London, Gower Street, London WC1E 6BT, UK. He is author of The History of Medicine: A Very Short Introduction and editor of a new edition of On the Origin of Species. w.bynum@ucl.ac.uk ,

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