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    Numerous Great Plains birds were discovered for the first time. The Greater Sage Grouse, Least Tern, Common Poorwill, McCown's Longspur and Lewis's namesake species, the Lewis's Woodpecker were all described in great detail. A skin of the Lewis's Woodpecker is in Harvard University's Museum of Comparative Zoology and is thought to be the only remaining intact museum specimen of all of the animals collected during the expedition. Lewis not only recorded the findings in his journal, but he sent

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    to Carlyle, the action of reforming is not easy to do for yourself, let alone for a whole nation of people. While many revolutions have tried, only a few have successfully reformed the people around them. Such innovators include Frederick Douglas, Charles Darwin and Steve Jobs. Frederick Douglass was one of the revolutionists that reformed the world while also going through hardships. In 1818, Frederick Douglass was born a slave

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    Charles Darwin was born on February 12 1809 in Shrewsburg, England. He had 6 siblings including him. His father was a medical doctor and his grandfather a will known botanist. Darwin did not have a mother for most of his age because she has past away. He enrolled in school in 1825 at Edinburgh University. He was seen in his family to become like his father, a medical doctor. Instead Charles Darwin decided to study natural history. He is world known natural historian and his theory’s were beyond his

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    Darwin’s philosophy that there are many checks and balances that level out the population is one based entirely in reality. He is correct that a population cannot grow as fast as they are theoretically allowed, mainly due to the existence of natural predators and the physical limitations of the space that they are in. He also constructs an argument based on the introduction of invasive species and how man can have a major impact on the tendencies of species to reproduce and thrive. He brings his

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    is respected and admired by others is honorable. Charles Darwin was born on February 12, 1809 in Shrewsbury, England. He was a biologist and a scientist. Darwin was the youngest of six children. His dad was a medical doctor. Charles mom died when he was only eight years old. His grandfather was an honored scientist as well. Charles Darwin lived a wealthy childhood and loved to explore nature. His dad want he to become a scientist but Charles did not like the site of blood. At the age of 16

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    Charles Robert Darwin was born February 12, 1809 in the United Kingdom. He was the fifth of six children. Born at home in his family house called The Mount. He shares his birthday with Abraham Lincoln who would also change the wolrd. By the age of eight Charles already had a love of collecting and natural history. In the summer 1825 Charels Darwin tried to be a doctor like his father but he found school to be dull and blood made him queasy so he negleted his studies. He started to realize that his

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    Charles Robert Darwin was born on February 12th 1809. At age eight Charles already had a strong interest for natural history when he started day school, he was an intelligent child. Darwin’s Theory also known as Darwinism is the theory of the evolution of species by natural selection or the belief that the evolution of plant and animal life is controlled by a higher being, the process of evolution cannot be denied. Darwin spent the summer of 1825 as an apprentice doctor, helping his father take

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    The Life of Charles Darwin Scandalous, wealthy, and revolutionary are some adjectives that can perfectly describe what Charles Darwin was during his lifetime. Born to a privileged family on February 12, 1809, Darwin came from a long line of scientists. While his father was a medical doctor, Darwin would follow more on the path of his grandfather, botanist, Erasmus Darwin. Although Charles’s father wanted him to follow in his footsteps and become a medical doctor, thus sending him to Edinburgh University

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    Early Life: James Hall Jr. is an American paleontologist and geologist who was widely recognized as Americas most well-known geologist during the 19th century. Hall was born in Hingham, Massachusetts on September 12th, 1811 and spent most of his childhood in this area of the US. Hall was fortunate to have a gifted teacher in his public school who stimulated his interest science. The teacher also had a very keen interest in nature which some believe think guided Hall into the world of earth sciences

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    Darwin worked his hardest during the voyage, simply because of his pleasure of investigation. He also worked his hardest because he wanted to add some new information into the many more facts there were in the world of natural science. Charles Darwin continued his research during the 184os and 1850s, publishing three more books during the 1840s. However Darwin was against the fact of releasing his research at first because they strongly went against the ideas of the day, like I’ve said before. Darwin

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