Several writers anticipated evolutionary aspects of Darwin's theory, and in the third edition of On the Origin of Species published in 1861 Darwin named those he knew about in an introductory appendix, An Historical Sketch of the Recent Progress of Opinion on the Origin of Species, which he expanded in later editions.
Nekoliko autora anticipiralo je aspekte Darwinove teorije, a u trećem izdanju O podrijetlu vrsta objavljenom 1861. godine Darwin je imenovao one koje je znao u uvodnom dodatku Povijesna skica nedavnog napretka mišljenja o podrijetlu vrsta kojeg je proširio u kasnijim izdanjima.