Origin of Peer Review 3 Published September 13, 2018 at 773 × 980 in On the origin of peer review: The Geological Society, the evolution of refereeing and Charles Darwin’s papers ← Previous Next → Adam Sedgwick’s report on Charles Darwin’s paper, ‘On the Connexion of certain Volcanic Phenomena in South America; and on the Formation of Mountain Chains and Volcanos, as the Effect of the same Power by which Continents are elevated.’