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The Descent of Man (1871) argues human common descent as a dated public treatise, twin of the ranking-passages cost row

In 1871 The Descent of Man argued human common descent as a public treatise. Charles Darwin's documented role is: He wrote the 1871 book. In the causal graph this event strengthens Digital Learning Access, a driver that weakens Learning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries) — an improving welfare path.

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In 1871 The Descent of Man argued human common descent as a public treatise. Charles Darwin's documented role is: He wrote the 1871 book. Huxley and others already argued human evolution in public. Ranking passages remain the inequality cost twin, not mixed as a rebate here.

Context

The ranking row stores inequality cost of the same book. This stores the common-descent teaching. Sharing Huxley as a prior public advocate is required. Driver edu-digital-learning-access is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

Why it matters

A public treatise placing humans inside common descent is an education path of high weight. One book, two signs on two rows. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Charles Darwin

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.6 · verified

    He wrote the 1871 book. Huxley and others already argued human evolution in public. Ranking passages remain the inequality cost twin, not mixed as a rebate here.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Darwinism, human evolution neighbourhoodStanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Project Gutenberg — Darwin, The Descent of ManProject Gutenberg · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Official locator: Project Gutenberg — Darwin, The Descent of Man at https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2300 (opens in a new tab) (Project Gutenberg). Independent locator: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Darwin, Descent neighbourhood at https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/darwinism/ (opens in a new tab) (Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). Official carrier: Project Gutenberg — Darwin, The Descent of Man (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/2300 (opens in a new tab); Project Gutenberg). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — Darwin, Descent neighbourhood (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/darwinism/ (opens in a new tab); Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Sign lives on the path.

Naming Charles Darwin does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1871-02-24 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorCharles Darwin
  2. contributed toFactThe Descent of Man (1871) argues human common descent as a dated public treatise, twin of the ranking-passages cost row
  3. strengthensDriverDigital Learning Access
  4. weakensIndicatorLearning Poverty Rate (low- and middle-income countries)

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Factrail. (2026). The Descent of Man (1871) argues human common descent as a dated public treatise, twin of the ranking-passages cost row. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/dar-descent-1871-edu

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Accessed 16 October 2026.

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