In Darwin’s footsteps: scientists recreate historic 1830s expedition

PUERTO AYORA: Just as Charles Darwin had done in the year 1831, a group of scientists and environmentalists set sail (last year) from the English port of Plymouth and headed for the Galapagos islands off the coast of Ecuador.

However, what they found upon arriving (last month), ‘differed vastly’ from what naturalist Darwin witnessed whilst visiting the archipelago in the year 1835. This trip had played a key role in developing his ‘world-changing theory’ on ‘natural selection’.

Presently...