Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions under Domestication" which went on sale on 30 January 1868. He now published his ideas on human evolution and on how beautiful but apparently impractical features could have evolved in "The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation to Sex". After revising "The Origin of Species" as the definitive 6th edition, his major works on species culminated in "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals". This period was followed by extensive work on insectivorous plants and research into worms. Despite Darwin's concerns that his children were weakened as his wife Emma Darwin was his cousin or had inherited
Darwin from Descent of Man to Emotions our work; and of these you rank as the first." With "the little strength left in me" he reopened his enquiries into earthworms, requesting information from correspondents. The 6th edition of "Origin of Species" was published by Murray on 19 February 1872 at a price kept down to 7s. 6d. by using minute print, and sales increased from 60 to 250 a month. Through the spring Darwin pressed on with "The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals", pointing to shared evolution in contrast to Charles Bell's "Anatomy and Physiology of Expression" which claimed divinely created muscles to express