Falcon-Lang had stumbled upon 314 beautiful glass slides. Preserved within each one was a thin, translucent sheet of fossilized plant or fungus. "Almost the first slide I picked up was labeled ‘C. Darwin Esq.' This turned out to be a piece of fossil wood collected by Darwin during his famous Voyage of the Beagle in 1834, " he said. [The specimen, a piece from a 40-million-year-old fossil tree from Chiloe Island, Chile, is featured here.] So far, 17 of the rediscovered specimens have been verified as Darwin's.
"I can't resist a mystery, " said Falcon-Lang, "so I pulled one open. What I found inside made my jaw drop."
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In the crossword DARWIN fits
its on the third box going this way --->
its in the middle of the crossword
Charles Darwin s Travel Route
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The British naturalist Charles Darwin had correspondence with numerous other luminaries of his age and members of his family. These have provided many insights about the nineteenth century, from scientific exploration and travel to religious debate and discussion...
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Frederick Smith (1805–1879) was a British entomologist.
Smith worked in the zoology department of the British Museum from 1849, specialising in the Hymenoptera. In 1875 he was promoted to Assistant Keeper of Zoology. His publications included Catalogue of...
@william arthur: If what charles darwin said about mankind is true then we are all monkeys lol, dang gorilla men and women lol
@Denice M. Bunag: I'll write about Charles Darwin for the extra credits.
“@WOWFactsOfLife: Charles Darwin ate every animal that he discovered.” The side of AP bio they don't tell us about
RT @Bigbennogales: @evannarouhani9 1910 Charles Darwin? I didn't think they knew about him in 1910