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Charles Darwin wrote to Alfred Russel Wallace #OnThisDay in 1869, "I hope you have not murdered too completely your own & my child." He was referring to their joint theory of evolution, after learning that Wallace didn't believe it extended to humans.
Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born #OnThisDay. He co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a journey of over 14,000 miles, during which he collected over 125,000 specimens. #histsci
#OnThisDay in 1908, a pickaxe struck the side of a remarkable skull. It was the discovery of the Neanderthal known as the Old Man from La Chapelle, one of the most important specimens in the history of paleoanthropology. #fossils
Legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace was born #OnThisDay. He co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8 year journey through Southeast Asia, a journey of over 14,000 miles, during which time he collected over 125,000 specimens. #histsci
Remember legendary naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace #OnThisDay. Wallace co-discovered evolution through natural selection during an 8-year journey through Southeast Asia, a trek that spanned over 14,000 miles and resulted in the collection of over 125,000 specimens.
Reading about the bite force of Homo floresiensis and being reminded that this face just makes me happy. #FossilFriday
#OnThisDay in 1908, a pickaxe struck the side of a remarkable skull. It was the Neanderthal known as the Old Man from La Chapelle, one of the most important discoveries in the history of paleoanthropology. #fossils
Three million years ago, Lucy (Australopithecus afarensis) shared the landscape with three species of giraffes, two of rhinos, a hippo, and four elephant-like creatures—all now extinct. What happened to them? https://t.co/tUZjzkfwKi #fossils
Every Sunday I sit down to look at what's coming up for #OnThisDay tweets—and this is easily one of the most exciting weeks of the entire year. Buckle up, friends! So many fossils, so much history...