'Darwin's delay' the stuff of myth

The long-held view that Charles Darwin avoided publishing his theory of evolution for 20 years because he was afraid of the reaction it would provoke is being rebutted as a myth by a Cambridge University academic.

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<p><a href="http://www.physorg.com/news94309547.html">'Darwin's delay' the stuff of myth</a></p> <p>The long-held view that Charles Darwin avoided publishing his theory of evolution for 20 years because he was afraid of the reaction it would provoke is being rebutted as a myth by a Cambridge University academic.</p>