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On May 14, 1856 . . .

Charles Darwin noted in his journal that he had begun his


Charles Darwin noted in his journal that he had begun his "species sketch".

On the Origin of Species, was published on 24 November 1859 by Charles Darwin, but had begun years earlier in his Down House home. Darwin's book introduced the scientific theory that populations evolve over the course of generations through a process of natural selection. He included evidence that he had gathered on the Beagle expedition in the 1830s and from later findings through research, correspondence, and experimentation.
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