1. Marvin Harris, The Rise of Anthropological Theory (London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1968), p. 47.
2. Robert Munro, Palaeolithic Man and Terramara Settlements in Europe (Edinburgh; Oliver and Boyd, 1912), p. 99.
3. Hugh Falconer, ?Letter?, Athenaeum, no. 1849 (4 April 1863), 459?460.
4. Other instances are discussed by Roy Porter, ?Charles Lyell and the Principles of the History of Geology,? Brit. J. Hist. Sci., 9 (1976), 91?103; Paul J. McCartney, ?Charles Lyell and G. B. Brocchi: A Study in Comparative Historiography,? ibid., pp. 175?189; and Leonard G. Wilson, Charles Lyell, The Years to 1841 (New Haven and London; Yale University Press, 1972), chap. 14. Lyell's early careerism is discussed by J. B. Morrell, ?London Institutions and Lyell's Career: 1820?41,? Brit. J. Hist. Sci., 9 (1976), 132?146.
5. I shall use the following abbreviations for quotations from archival material: Darwin MSS = Charles Darwin papers, University Library, Cambridge; Huxley MSS = T. H. Huxley papers, Imperial College, London; Lubbock MSS = John Lubbock papers, British Library; Hooker MSS = J. D. Hooker papers, Library of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew; Falconer MSS = Hugh Falconer papers, Falconer Museum, Forres, Grampian, Scotland; Lyell MSS = Charles Lyell papers, Edinburgh University Library.