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Beagle, as naturalist, i was much struck with certain facts in the distribution of the inhabitants of south america, and in the geological relations of the present to the past inhabitants of that continent. The origin of species the making of a theory updated october 2014 page 10 of 14 quiz questions and answers. Pdf charles darwins origin of species, directional selection, and. Feb 26, 2018 the development of charles darwin s views on evolution by natural selection has fascinated biologists since the 1859 publication of his landmark text on the origin of species.
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