Darwin Day commemorates the birthday anniversary of Charles Darwin, father of the theory of evolution, who was born on February 12, 1809. This day, observed in tribute to Darwin's contribution to genetics and to biological science in general, was established in 1882, the year in which Darwin died. It is observed mainly in academic establishments and circles to express appreciation to his work in the field of the history of mankind and all living things and to his remarkable contribution to our understanding of where we came from.
Evolution Day is celebrated on November 24 in memory of Charles Darwin's book "Origin of Species" was published on this date in 1859.
This day is also called "All our uncles are monkeys day".
Book by Charles Darwin he presents his theory according to which since the dawn of the Earth, living organisms have evolved through small changes and gradual that helped them survive, and follow the mechanism of natural selection, whereby some of the organisms they have properties beneficial for them to survive survived and those who did not develop effectively extinct. According to Darwin's explanation no divine intervention. Later in his book, "The Descent of Man," Darwin wrote that man is descended as it is today, so-called scientific language sapiens, evolved gorillas and chimpanzees.
Something more meaningful to study the evolution happened precisely on this day, but in 1974, was the discovery of "Lucy", the skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis, a kind of ancient ape family Hominidae that existed about 3.6 to 2.9 million years ago. The skeleton was found by the paleoanthropologists Donald Johanson and Tom Gray.
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Google has dedicated its doodle today Lucy:
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