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I have the Darwin family tree done in PowerPoint. Please post on my talk page to request changes or email me to get a copy of the PowerPoint.Cutler 21:21, 3 Mar 2004 (UTC)
In my editing on 3 Jun 2005, 17:34, I'm pretty sure I did not inadvertantly take out anything already on the article. I'm sure it's all there, but some things may be disputed.--AI 03:41, 4 Jun 2005 (UTC)
What does word refer to? Is it a misspelling of "histrionics"? Does it refer to "historiometry"? Would a different word be better? -Willmcw 23:43, August 11, 2005 (UTC)
Galton did not invent the electrocardiogram as someone claimed. I have removed this. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Gavantredoux (talk • contribs) 18:13, August 20, 2007 (UTC).
The link to "South West Africa" in the "Early life" section links to a page about the territory of that name that existed from 1915-1990 (before becoming Namibia). However, Galton went there in c.1850. I don't know much about the history and I don't know how Galton described the area in his writings, but would it make more sense to remove the link and perhaps use lower case for "south west Africa" (while retaining the mention of present-day Namibia, with link), to make clear that we are simply referring to the area, and not to a political entity which did not yet exist at the time Galton was there? The page on Namibia has some information about the history going back to the 19th century and earlier, so that seems the most useful page to link to.