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Charles Darwin: The Most Significant Thing In History

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I think the most significant thing to happen during this time period in history was Charles Darwin.
Charles Darwin was born on the 12th of February 1809 and died on the 19th of April 1882. He was a naturalist and geologist, also he was best known for his contributions to evolutionary theory.
In 1831 Darwin spent five years abroad and visited four continents on this five year trip Darwin spent most of his time on land investigating geology and making collections of what he found. while in the Galapagos Islands he noticed that there are a variety of different finches the birds were all closely related but their beak shapes were all different. Darwin's theory of evolution is that different species have evolved from simple life forms his book

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