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Discovery of Evolution

Great Britain · Science / Biology. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

2Records
1831–1871Date range
1Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1831

Charles Robert Darwin27 February 1831

Plymouth · Science / Biology

Sets sail in the HMS Beagle. Departs for 5 yrs research in South America & the Galapagos Islands

1871

Charles Robert Darwin1871

Science / Biology

Concludes man evolved from ape-like ancestors 26 to 54 million yrs ago in Africa

Names involved

Charles Robert Darwin

Provenance

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