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Which book did Thomas Henry Huxley write about human evolution in 1863?

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In 1863, Thomas Henry Huxley published the book Evidence as to Man’s Place in Nature. In this work, he addressed the controversial topic of human ancestry, discussing both ape ancestry and the discovery of Neanderthal fossils.1