Charles Darwin
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The set of folios published by John Gould will be presented at Firsts book fair in London in mid-May
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Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals
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Specimens collected on Voyage of the Beagle have been unearthed at Cambridge University archive
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300-page catalogue details thousands of books, journals, pamphlets and articles in naturalist’s library
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Darwin spent more than half of the five years of the Beagle expedition in the most southerly region of Argentina, where his legacy is still vivid
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Country diaryCountry diary: This 550-year-old tree stands for all of life
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On Monday, a three-masted schooner will set sail from Plymouth, taking outstanding young naturalists on a two-year educational trip. Crew members still needed …
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British sculptor determined to turn convention on its head to create vast, uncontainable works of art
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Egglestone, Teesdale: Unseasonal blooming could be the norm if we have more summer droughts and mild autumns – how closely is this being recorded?
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Naturalist penned document in response to request for sample of his handwriting to reprint in magazine
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A sprawling history of the illustrious Huxley family charts the evolution of science and society over 200 years
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Unusually the violet helleborine is only pollinated by wasps and is thriving thanks to nectar that is irresistible to the insects
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Letter: The theory needs to be updated by incorporating recent genetic breakthroughs and viewing the process through a female lens, says Heather Remoff
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Letter: Many discoveries since the modern synthesis have been incorporated into evolutionary biology without substantially changing its major tenets, write Brian Charlesworth, Deborah Charlesworth and Jerry Coyne
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A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of biology. By Stephen BuranyiPodcast
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Letters: There can be no one unifying theory, writes Prof Jonathan Bard, while Nicholas Maxwell looks to the role of purposive actions and Pete Bibby says the fittest theory will survive
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The long read: A new wave of scientists argues that mainstream evolutionary theory needs an urgent overhaul. Their opponents have dismissed them as misguided careerists – and the conflict may determine the future of biology
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Seminal works left in pink gift bag with ‘happy Easter’ note for librarian after going missing in 2001
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To know the story of this dark science is to inoculate ourselves against its being repeated, argues the science writer and broadcaster
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