On this date 200 years ago, the famous naturalist Charles Darwin was born. When he was 50 he published The Origin of Species, in which he proposed that mankind had developed over a long period of time from simpler creatures.
It is now largely accepted that this long period of time was around 400 million years, during which life developed from tiny single-celled creatures such as Amoeba through to the arrival of modern mankind about 100,000 years ago.
I find it quite remarkable that what Evolution took 400 million years to achieve, each human child manages to accomplish in 9 months!
Happy Anniversary to Charles Darwin's enthusiasts!
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Oops! Briefly got Burns' and Darwin's anniversary numbers muddled up! Fixed it now though. Silly me!
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