Augustine suggests in other work his theory of the later development of insects out of carrion, and the adoption of the old emanation or evolution theory, showing that "certain very small animals may not have been created on the fifth and sixth days, but may have originated later from putrefying matter."
Agostiño suxeriu noutro traballo a súa teoría do desenvolvemento final dos insectos a partir da prea, e a adopción da vella emanación ou teoría da evolución, mostrando que "ceros animais moi pequenos puideron non ser creados nos quinto e sesto días, senón que puideron orixinarse posteriormente da materia en putrefacción."