Darwin sorta did go through peer review, in one instance, giving us the immortal peer reviewer revise-and-resubmit suggestion that Darwin rewrite On The Origin

Darwin sorta did go through peer review, in one instance, giving us the immortal peer reviewer revise-and-resubmit suggestion that Darwin rewrite On The Origin of Species to focus on pigeon fancying, because "Every body is interested in pigeons." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitwell_Elwin#Works https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whitwell_Elwin#Works