24 November 2016

History for the day: 1859: Origin of Species is published

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1859: Origin of Species is published

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1859
Origin of Species is published
On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, a groundbreaking scientific work by British naturalist Charles Darwin, is published in England. Darwin's theory argued that organisms gradually evolve through a process he called "natural selection." In natural selection, organisms with genetic... read more »
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