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IT seems of interest to record that the Chinese, neglectful of the sciences as they are nowadays, nevertheless suggested the Darwinian interpretation of animal colours as early as the ninth century A.D.
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MINAKATA, K. Early Chinese Observations on Colour Adaptations. Nature 48, 567 (1893). https://doi.org/10.1038/048567a0
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