Celebrating Darwin

celebration of the life and legacy of Charles Darwin 200th anniversary theory of evolution and revolutionized scientific thought
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A Living Laboratory
The Galápagos archipelago, some 600 miles (1,000 km) west of South America, is so remote that it has fostered dozens of unique plant and animal species. Darwin visited four of the islands in 1835.

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