By the late summer of 1842 Darwin felt ready to commit an outline of his theory to paper. The main points were clear: Plants and animals with useful–and heritable–variations were likely to live l…
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Topics including Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, London Years and Down House.
Branching Trees 1850’s CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY LIBRARY, DAR
In 1842, Charles Darwin and his family fled London in search of peace and quiet. They found it in a tiny village 16 miles outside the city, and for the next 40 years their home–called Down House–was Darwin’s retreat, research station, and the hub of his vast scientific network.
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A guide to the editing symbols used in the Darwin Manuscripts Project during the editing and transcribing process.
DAR 1: 1-mod writing material Brown ink is the silent
For more than a century, herpetologists from the American Museum of Natural History have pioneered frog research worldwide. Expeditions to remote regions enable researchers to observe species in th…
Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Dar
spaces in this highly experiential exhibition that dares
exhibition, explore 11 funhouse-like spaces that dare
Artifacts from current and recent past exhibitions at AMNH which draw substantially from its collections.
highly experiential exhibition, explore 11 spaces that dare
In icy waters off Greenland, Museum researchers found a species of snailfish that glows in shades of red and green.
land, there’s almost nothing living, like nothing dares
How could the world have been better prepared to meet the challenges of a global pandemic, and what can we do to help end it?
banned, people screamed and shouted, and said oh how dare
There once was a king with magical powers who ruled the kingdom of Kuqa, near the western border of China.
But I was afraid, and did not dare to wear it.
