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 je bio svjestan žestoke reakcije u određenim dijelovima znanstvene zajednice protiv tvrdnji iznesenih u Ostatcima prirodne povijesti kreacije po kojima su ljudi nastali od životinja procesom transmutacije.