3. The Roots of a Theory: How Plants Specimens Led a Young Darwin to Discovery
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Plant specimens may seem an unlikely starting point for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection - but, as Professor John Parker investigates in this podcast, the Cambridge botanist John Stevens Henslow proved a crucial mentor for the young naturalist. Find out how Darwin shipped his collections from the Beagle voyage back to Cambridge, and how these almost 200 year-old specimens can today give us a snapshot of long-extinct botanical life.
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| Created: | 2009-06-24 11:20 | ||
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| Collection: | The Fitzwilliam Museum Podcasts | ||
| Publisher: | University of Cambridge | ||
| Copyright: | The Fitzwilliam Museum | ||
| Language: | eng (English) | ||
| Keywords: | endless forms; charles darwin; natural science; visual arts; cambridge; student; fitzwilliam museum; john; parker; botanic; garden; herbarium; plant; sciences; john; stevens; henslow; beagle; | ||
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| Abstract: | Plant specimens may seem an unlikely starting point for Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection - but, as Professor John Parker investigates in this podcast, the Cambridge botanist John Stevens Henslow proved a crucial mentor for the young naturalist. Find out how Darwin shipped his collections from the Beagle voyage back to Cambridge, and how these almost 200 year-old specimens can today give us a snapshot of long-extinct botanical life. |
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