Found Darwin's lost fossil
Dr Howard Falcon-Lang, an archaeologist at the University of London, said he stumbled across glass boxes to store fossils in a forgotten storage cabinet in a corner at the British Geological Institute. (British Geological Survey). According to him, the collection includes
British scientists claim to have found many lost fossils of Darwin. Collection of 314 sample boards collected by Darwin and his colleagues.
>>>Controversy "unique" about Evolutionary theory
Dr Howard Falcon-Lang, an archaeologist at the University of London, said he stumbled across glass boxes to store fossils in a forgotten storage cabinet in a corner at the British Geological Institute. (British Geological Survey). According to him, the collection includes 'real treasures for modern science'.
Upon discovering the words 'C.Darwin Esq' , Dr. Falcon-Lang took a while to believe that it was the autograph of evolutionist author Charles Darwin.
He quickly realized that this was a ' very important and undeniable' specimen. It seems that what is stored inside is a form of fossil found during the HMS Beagle expedition, the time when Darwin began to develop famous evolutionary theories. It was lost 165 years ago.
Collection of 314 sample boards collected by Darwin and his colleagues, including fossils collected by botanist John Hooker, Darwin's closest friend during his time at the Governing Body. British geological survey in 1846. Perhaps he did not register to store them before making a trip to the Himalayas.
The collection went through an arduous journey from the Piccadilly Geological Museum and the South Kensington Geological Museum in 1935 and finally, 50 years later, at the British Geological Survey headquarters near Nottingham.
Now that they have been captured and interested readers can view it directly on the Geological Survey website.
- Found fossil lizard 120 million years old
- Fossil dragonflies lose their head 100 million years
- Hundreds of millions of fossil pine forests in China
- He published the first online fossil library
- Discover the world's oldest fossil skin in South Africa
- Detecting fossil fossils strange 99 million years in amber
- Found the oldest fossil monkey in America in Panama
- Discovered fossilized bones migrating from Africa to Europe
- Found Europe's lost Beagle 2 self-propelled vessel
- Lost is the first sign of Alzheimer's
Charles Darwin's strange eating hobby Famous scientists are printed on money Revealing the mysterious and mysterious disease of scientist Charles Darwin The mystery of the island is regarded as hell for Charles Darwin Suffering from autism, many geniuses show extraordinary abilities Explain the phenomenon of blushing in humans The immortal word of world celebrity 9 reasons Darwin's theory of evolution is wrong