Find the egg of Charles Darwin

Charles Darwin - evolutionary father - has collected some eggs during his trip with the HMS Beagle. One of these was rediscovered at Cambridge University (England).

It's Darwin's small, dark brown egg on it, found by Liz Wetton - a retired volunteer - at the university's Zoological Museum.

Each week Liz Wetton (80) spent a day to rearrange the eggs in the museum, and has done this for 10 years. This time she was extremely excited to discover such a 'treasure'.

On the voyage from 1831-1836, Charles Darwin collected about 18 eggs and this is the only fruit left. Unfortunately, this egg has a crack because Darwin previously placed it in a box that is too small.

Dr. Mike Brooker, the curator of the museum's birds, traced the origin of the egg. Through a previous notebook from Professor Alfred Newton - a close friend of Darwin working at the museum in the late nineteenth century, Darwin's son Frank brought the egg to Newton. . According to Frank Darwin, his father collected eggs in Maldonado, Uruguay.

Rediscovering Darwin's egg is an exciting event during the scientist's 200th birthday.