There was little immediate attention to this announcement of the theory; the president of the Linnean Society remarked in May 1859 that the year had not been marked by any revolutionary discoveries.
Nese momento houbo moi pouca atención no anuncio da teoría, mesmo chegando a darse a opinión do presidente da Linnean Society dicindo en maio do 1859 que fora un ano que non estivera marcado por ningunha descuberta revolucionaria.