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Man is but a worm

Caricature of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from 1882.

Caricature of Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution from 1882. The image was published in a Punch almanac after Darwin released The Formation of Vegetable Mould through the Action of Worms.

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