Plant specimens collected by Charles Darwin on the voyage of the Beagle have been unearthed in an archive at Cambridge University. The rare specimens, which…
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‘Darwin’s oak’ to be felled to make way for Shrewsbury bypass
As an eight-year-old, Charles Darwin may have sat in the shade beneath its boughs and climbed its branches. Two hundred years later, “Darwin’s oak” has…
View More ‘Darwin’s oak’ to be felled to make way for Shrewsbury bypassDarwin’s lost microscope: the auction of a history-making ‘box of brass’ – video
The first microscope used by Charles Darwin was up for auction at Christie’s this week, and this video tells the story of its discovery and…
View More Darwin’s lost microscope: the auction of a history-making ‘box of brass’ – videoHow should we address Charles Darwin’s complicated legacy?
“Light will be thrown on the origin of man and his history.” That sentence is the sole reference to human evolution in Charles Darwin’s masterwork…
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