The idea that Charles Darwin delayed publishing On the Origin of Species for 20 years for fear of ridicule is a myth, a new assessment claims.A Cambridge historian with access to Darwin's papers says there is simply no evidence to show the naturalist held back his evolution theory.
Dr John van Wyhe says the scientist was just busy with other writings and also sporadically hindered by ill-health.
His analysis of events is published in a journal of the Royal Society.
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