For example, Loren Eiseley has found isolated passages written by Buffon suggesting he was almost ready to piece together a theory of natural selection, but states that such anticipations should not be taken out of the full context of the writings or of cultural values of the time which made Darwinian ideas of evolution unthinkable.
Por exemplo, Loren Eiseley atopou pasaxes illados escritos por Buffon que suxiren que el estaba case listo para elaborar unha teoría da selección natural, pero eses antcedentes non deberían sacarse do contexto global dos escritos ou valores culturais do tempo que podían facer impensables as ideas darwinistas da evolución.