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He developed the concept of genus and species.
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John Ray's book, Historia Plantarum, described many species of plants and talked about common ancestors
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He developed the concept of genus and species.
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Charles Lyell was born on this date.
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Jean-Baptiste Lamarck believed that the giraffes necks got longer by stretching.
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Charles Darwin's grandfather, Erasmus Darwin, argued that all life could have a common ancestor.
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Charles Darwin was born on this day.
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Lamarck saw species as not being fixed and immutable, but rather in a constantly changing state.
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Lyell documented the fact that the earth must be very old and that it has been subject to the same sort of natural processes in the past that operate today in shaping the land in his three volume Principles of Geology books.
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On this date, Charles Darwin went on board the HMS Beagle in Davenport (Plymouth).
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Darwin came across Rheas that looked very different from each other.
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Theory of population growth was in the end what inspired Darwin to develop the theory of natural selection.
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The ship reached England shores again.
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Darwin researched the idea that species transmute and modify (evolve) to survive.
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Darwin publishes his book about his Voyage on the HMS Beagle.
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Darwin married his cousin Emma Wedgewood,
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William Erasmus Darwin was born, The first child for Charles and Emma.
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Mary was born on September 23, 1842. Unfortunately, she died on October 16th of the same year.
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Darwin published 'On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection'.
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Charles Darwin dies on April 19, 1882.
