Charles Darwin was aware of the severe reaction in some parts of the scientific community against the suggestion made in Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation that humans had arisen from animals by a process of transmutation.
Charles Darwin era consciente das graves reaccións que houbo en parte da comunidade científica en contra do suxerido no libro Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation de que os humanos se orixinaran a partir dos animais por un proceso de transmutación.