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Charles Darwin was born on February 12 1809
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He wen on a five year journey on the HMS Beagle. On this journey is where he came up with the idea of natural selection
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Two years after the voyage ended he finally released his ideas which he had kept private in a book called In the Origin of Species
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He continued to write books and express his theories which many people contested due to the fact that it went against their religion
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He later died at the age of 73