Charles Darwin

The Formation of Vegetable Mould

Study of how earthworms shape soil and transform landscape over time

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Charles Darwin
Charles Darwin

British naturalist who proposed the theory of evolution by natural selection in On the Origin of Species, the most consequential scientific book in history. The Descent of Man extended the theory to human beings. His work overthrew centuries of theological understanding of the natural world and founded modern biology.

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