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Charles Darwin was born on this day in 1809. Using the hashtag #DarwinDay, science lovers are sharing some of his best quotes and discussing the impact of his theory of biological evolution.

Charles Darwin was born on this day in 1809. Using the hashtag #DarwinDay, science lovers are sharing some of his best quotes and discussing the impact of his theory of biological evolution.

  1. 12 Feb 2020

    Happy Best wishes evolving!

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  2. 12 Feb 2020

    The last paper Darwin published before his death focused on the dispersal of freshwater bivalves. The paper was published in Nature just 13 days before his death. Bivalves till the bitter end.

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  3. 12 Feb 2020

    Day 12: In honor of Darwin's bday, here are some examples of the range of size, shape, venation, and pigmentation in Hawaiian Drosophila which have few differences in their DNA making them great models for studying evolution 🔗

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  4. 12 Feb 2020

    Something I wrote a few years ago.

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  5. Chris Packham has just officially become our second ever medallist. A beautiful moment, a beautiful evening. Thank you to all of our supporters for attending!

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  6. 12 Feb 2020

    An amazing Systaltoscerus platyrhinus Labram & Imhoff (: Anthribinae: Gymnognathini) from Brazil 😍, for this and !

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  7. 12 Feb 2020

    The theory of Evolution is BS and all scientists do not agree with it. Man as we know him has been here since earth's creation and there any thousands of anomalies found all over the world to confirm this. Civilization rises and falls in cycles. Read these books.

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  8. Did you know that Charles Darwin had a volcano named after him? Meet Darwin volcano in the Galápagos. More about the volcano and photo information:

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  9. 12 Feb 2020

    Happy ! Lesser known Darwin fact - he collaborated with other scientists on one of the first species conservation efforts - establishing a breeding population of Aldabra tortoises!

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  11. holding a signed copy of the 6th edition of the Origin of Species 🙌

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  12. Happy everyone! So honored to share my story with as part of their campaign!

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  13. 12 Feb 2020

    “The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.” – Charles Darwin Happy

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  16. 13 Feb 2020

    So honored to have celebrated my 211th bday last evening with the students and faculty of including the most on-pitch version of “Happy Birthday” ever led by

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  17. Tonight's has been a treat! A rousing exploration of humanity's treatment of wildlife and the ecological risk this poses not just to non-human animals, but to us all. A timely talk for

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  18. Happy . Remember, evolution is true, whether you believe it is or not.

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  19. 12 Feb 2020

    HBD to Charles Darwin, born in 1809. "I find in Geology a never-failing interest; as it has been remarked, it creates the same grand ideas respecting this world which Astronomy does for the Universe." -Letter to Charles Whitley, 1834 Happy !

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  20. Survival of the fittest! Born 12 Feb 1809, Charles Darwin helped us understand how species develop to thrive in seemingly unhospitable habitats. We can only imagine what he'd think about the remarkable discovered since he died in 1882. 1/2

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