Charles Darwin the geologist
Charles Darwin the geologist
Who was Charles Darwin the geologist? Was he a nephew, or maybe a cousin, of the illustrious naturalist, who first published the theory of evolution by natural selection? I know they had big families… But no, this is the one and the same. It is often forgotten that, early in his career, Charles Darwin was a ‘card-carrying’ geologist.
It did not start well. Aged 17, he assessed the Edinburgh University geology lectures he dropped in on, while studying Medicine...
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