Charles Darwin

"We fancied even that the bushes smelt unpleasantly."

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Source: Charles Darwin (1860). “Journal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle round the world, under the command of Capt. Fitz Roy: Tenth thousand”, p.374

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Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin

Naturalist, Geologist

Charles Darwin was a naturalist whose theory of evolution through natural selection, outlined in 'On the Origin of Species', transformed biology.

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