FfFfFfFF 58,133 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 Notebooks containing some of Charles Darwin's foundational thinking on evolution are to go on display having been missing for 20 years. The two manuscripts were returned anonymously in March this year to Cambridge University Library having been reported stolen in 2001. Among the pages of the previously missing booklets are the notable tree of life sketch from 1837, which looks similar to modern day evolutionary trees. Professor Jim Secord, the director of Darwin Correspondence Project, said the pages showed the "place where Darwin works out his theory of evolution". "When we think about Darwin and how he discovered evolution we often think just about the Beagle voyage and the Galapagos but, in fact, the main work of making the theory was done in London after he got back," he said. "I think we forget he was only 22 when he went on HMS Beagle." Source - https://news.sky.com/story/charles-darwins-notebooks-to-go-on-display-after-going-missing-for-20-years-12647974 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PartySick 172,545 Posted July 12, 2022 Share Posted July 12, 2022 My first thought is I hope they keep these safe from the religious weirdos My second is how cool I wish he could see how we've expanded on his theories Whimsical bitch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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